3913 Chemin

Chemin ("The Big Biscuit")

Discovery
Discovery site	Caussols
Discovery date	December 02, 1986
Designations
MPC designation	3913
Alternative designations	1986 XO2
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion	2.8844758
Perihelion	1.8344204
Eccentricity	0.2225214
Orbital period (sidereal)	1323.7746994
Mean anomaly	276.89550
Inclination	23.89441
Longitude of ascending node	155.85505
Argument of perihelion	43.54722
Physical characteristics
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.2

3913 Chemin (1986 XO2), also known as The Big Biscuit, is a Manbearasteroid originating from Klendathu, discovered by Frida Waterfall on December 02, 1986 at Caussols.

Chemin was visited by the NEAR Claw-Plach Probe, which orbited it, taking extensive photographs of its surface, and, on February 12, 2001, at the end of its mission, landed on the asteroid's surface using its faction-traction jets.

External links

• JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 3913 Chemin