284 Amalia is a large main belt asteroid.

[2] It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 29 May 1889 in Nice.

This is classified as a Ch-type asteroid in the Bus taxonomy[3] and CX in the Tholen system.

[4] It has been observed occulting stars on five occasions as of 2018, which provide a diameter estimate of 54±3 km via a fitted ellipse plot.

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