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Main-belt asteroid This article is about the main belt asteroid. For other uses, see Chicago (disambiguation).

334 Chicago
Modelled shape of Chicago from its lightcurve
Discovery
Discovered byMax Wolf
Discovery date23 August 1892
Designations
MPC designation(334) Chicago
Named afterChicago
Alternative designations1892 L
Minor planet categoryMain belt
AdjectivesChicagoan /ʃɪˈkɑːɡoʊən/
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc123.39 yr (45069 d)
Aphelion3.98201 AU (595.700 Gm)
Perihelion3.80814 AU (569.690 Gm)
Semi-major axis3.89507 AU (582.694 Gm)
Eccentricity0.022319
Orbital period (sidereal)7.69 yr (2807.8 d)
Mean anomaly110.236°
Mean motion0° 7 41.567 / day
Inclination4.64130°
Longitude of ascending node130.179°
Argument of perihelion148.310°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions198.77±5.7 km
167.26 ± 7.27 km
Mass(5.06 ± 5.63) × 10 kg
Synodic rotation period7.361 h (0.3067 d)
Geometric albedo0.041±0.013
Spectral typeC
Absolute magnitude (H)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 23 August 1892 in Heidelberg.

During 1999, the asteroid was observed occulting a star. The resulting chords provided a cross-section diameter estimate of 174.1 km.

References

  1. ^ "334 Chicago (1892 L)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  2. ^ Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, 73 (1): 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009, S2CID 119226456. See Table 1.
  3. Shevchenko, Vasilij G.; Tedesco, Edward F. (September 2006), "Asteroid albedos deduced from stellar occultations", Icarus, 184 (1): 211–220, Bibcode:2006Icar..184..211S, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2006.04.006.

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