341 California
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | September 25, 1892 |
| Designations | |
|
Named after
|
California |
| 1892 J; 1979 FY2 | |
| Main belt (Flora family) | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5) | |
| Aphelion | 392.985 Gm (2.627 AU) |
| Perihelion | 265.017 Gm (1.772 AU) |
| 329.001 Gm (2.199 AU) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.194 |
| 1191.235 d (3.26 a) | |
|
Average orbital speed
|
20.08 km/s |
| 187.1° | |
| Inclination | 5.669° |
| 29.199° | |
| 293.349° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 15 km [1] |
| Mass | ~5×1015 (estimate) |
|
Mean density
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~2.7 g/cm³ (estimate) [2] |
| ~0.006 m/s² (estimate) | |
| ~0.009 km/s (estimate) | |
| unknown | |
| Albedo | 0.495 [1] |
| Temperature | ~162 K max: 256 K (-17°C) |
|
Spectral type
|
S [3] |
| 10.55 | |
341 California is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt, that has an unusually high albedo.
It was discovered by Max Wolf on September 25, 1892 in Heidelberg.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Supplemental IRAS Minor Planet Survey
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ PDS spectral class data
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