334 Chicago
This article is about the main belt asteroid. For other uses, see Chicago (disambiguation).
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Max Wolf |
Discovery date | 23 August 1892 |
Designations | |
Named after | Chicago |
1892 L | |
Main belt | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 123.39 yr (45069 d) |
Aphelion | 3.98201 AU (595.700 Gm) |
Perihelion | 3.80814 AU (569.690 Gm) |
3.89507 AU (582.694 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.022319 |
7.69 yr (2807.8 d) | |
Average orbital speed | 15.09 km/s |
110.236° | |
0° 7m 41.567s / day | |
Inclination | 4.64130° |
130.179° | |
148.310° | |
Earth MOID | 2.79259 AU (417.766 Gm) |
Jupiter MOID | 1.07069 AU (160.173 Gm) |
Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.060 |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions |
±8.9 km 158.55[1] 167.26 ± 7.27 km[2] |
Mass | (5.06 ± 5.63) × 1018 kg[2] |
7.361 h (0.3067 d) | |
±0.008 0.0618 | |
C | |
7.7 | |
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334 Chicago is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.
It was discovered by Max Wolf on August 23, 1892, in Heidelberg.
References
- 1 2 "334 Chicago (1892 L)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- 1 2 Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, 73, pp. 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009. See Table 1.
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