334 Chicago

This article is about the main belt asteroid. For other uses, see Chicago (disambiguation).
334 Chicago
Discovery
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)
15.09 km/s
110.236°
 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 158.55±8.9 km[1]
167.26 ± 7.27 km[2]
Mass (5.06 ± 5.63) × 1018 kg[2]
7.361 h (0.3067 d)
0.0618±0.008
C
7.7

    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. 1 2 "334 Chicago (1892 L)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
    2. 1 2 Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, 73, pp. 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336Freely accessible, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009. See Table 1.

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