341 California
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | 25 September 1892 |
| Designations | |
| (341) California | |
Named after | California |
| 1892 J; 1979 FY2 | |
| Main belt (Flora family) | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 113.45 yr (41439 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.62698 AU (392.991 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.77187 AU (265.068 Gm) |
| 2.19943 AU (329.030 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.19439 |
| 3.26 yr (1191.4 d) | |
| 15.6325° | |
| 0° 18m 7.783s / day | |
| Inclination | 5.66900° |
| 29.0469° | |
| 293.875° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 14.67±0.9 km [1] 15 km [2] |
Mean density | ~2.7 g/cm³[3] |
| 317 h (13.2 d) | |
| 0.4950±0.064 [1] 0.495 [2] | |
| S [4] | |
| 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 25 September 1892 in Heidelberg.
References
- ^ a b c "341 California (1892 J)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ a b Supplemental IRAS Minor Planet Survey Archived June 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ G. A. Krasinsky; et al. (2002). "Hidden Mass in the Asteroid Belt". Icarus. 158: 98. Bibcode:2002Icar..158...98K. doi:10.1006/icar.2002.6837.
- ^ PDS spectral class data
External links
- 341 California at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 341 California at the JPL Small-Body Database
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