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334 Chicago
Discovery A  (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html)
Discoverer Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf (June 21, 1863 – October 3, 1932) was a German astronomer. He was a pioneer of astrophotography. Working in Heidelberg, he discovered more than 200 asteroids, beginning with 323 Brucia in 1891. He pioneered the use of astrophotographic techniques to automate the discovery of asteroids... Max Wolf
Discovery Date August 23 is the 235th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (236th in leap years), with 130 days remaining. Events 1300-1899 1305 - William Wallace was executed. 1328 - Battle of Kassel: French troops stop an uprising of Flemish farmers 1566 - Calvinists are granted rights in the Netherlands 1614... August 23, 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). Events January-June January 1 - Ellis Island begins accepting immigrants to the United States. January 14 - Death of Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, second in line heir to the throne of the United Kingdom of Great Britain... 1892
The provisional designation of comets and asteroids are similar to each other: they both follow a pattern set in 1925 by the Minor Planet Center of the IAU. Historical designations At first, astronomers strove to assign symbols to the minor planets: 1 Ceres a stylized sickle 2 Pallas a lozenge... Alternate
Designations		 1892 L B (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/MPDes.html)
Minor planet is the official term for asteroids and trans-Neptunian objects. They are objects in the solar system that orbit the Sun like planets, but which are smaller than planets and not counted among them. If a minor planet produces coma it is called a comet (though conversely not... Category The asteroid belt is a region of the solar system falling roughly between the planets Mars and Jupiter where the greatest concentration of asteroid orbits can be found. It is termed the main belt when contrasted with other concentrations of minor planets, since these may also be termed asteroid belts... Main belt
Orbital Elements C (http://asteroid.lowell.edu/)
In astronomy, an epoch is a moment in time for which celestial coordinates or orbital elements are specified. In the case of celestial coordinates, the position at other times can be computed by taking into account precession and proper motion. In the case of orbital elements, it is necessary to... Epoch January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 335 days remaining, (336 in leap years). Events 1649 - King Charles I of England is beheaded. 1790 - The first boat specialized as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne. 1820 - Edward Bransfield lands on... 30 January 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January Iraqi police officers hold up their index fingers marked with purple indelible ink, a security measure to prevent double voting. Worldwide aid effort continues to develop in response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. January 3... 2005 ( The Julian day or Julian day number (JDN) is the number of days that have elapsed since 12 noon Greenwich Mean Time (UT or TT) on Monday, January 1, 4713 BC (in the proleptic Julian calendar; or November 24, 4714 BC in the proleptic Gregorian calendar). The Julian day system... JD 2453400.5)
(This page refers to eccitricity in astrodynamics. For other uses, see the disambiguation page eccentricity.) In astrodynamics, under standard assumptions any orbit must be of conic section shape. The eccentricity of this conic section, the orbits eccentricity, is an important parameter of the orbit that defines its absolute shape... Eccentricity (e) 0.027
In geometry, the semi-major axis (also semimajor axis) a applies to ellipses and hyperbolas. Ellipse The semi-major axis of an ellipse is one half of the major axis running from the center, through a focus, and to the edge of the ellipse. The major axis is the longest... Semi-Major Axis (a) 583.145 Giga (symbol: G) is a prefix in the SI system of units denoting 109, or 1 000 000 000. Confirmed in 1960, it comes from the Greek γίγας, meaning giant. In computing, giga can sometimes mean 1 073 741 824 (230) for information units, eg gigabit... G This article is about the unit of length. For other uses of metre or meter, see meter (disambiguation). The metre is the basic unit of length in the International System of Units. It is defined as the length of the path traveled by light in an absolute vacuum during a... m (3.898 The astronomical unit (AU or au or a.u. or rarely ua) is a unit of distance, approximately equal to the mean distance between Earth and Sun. The currently accepted value of the AU is 149,597,870,691 ± 30 metres (about 150 million kilometres or 93 million miles... AU)
This article is about several astronomical terms (apogee & perigee, aphelion & perihelion, generic equivalents based on apsis, and related but rarer terms. In architecture, apsis is a synonym for apse; Apogee is also the name of a video game publisher. elements of an orbit In astronomy, an apsis (plural... Perihelion (q) 567.598 Gm (3.794 AU)
This article is about several astronomical terms (apogee & perigee, aphelion & perihelion, generic equivalents based on apsis, and related but rarer terms. In architecture, apsis is a synonym for apse; Apogee is also the name of a video game publisher. elements of an orbit In astronomy, an apsis (plural... Aphelion (Q) 598.693 Gm (4.002 AU)
The orbital period is the time it takes a planet (or another object) to make one full orbit. There are several kinds of orbital periods for objects around the Sun: The sidereal period is the time that it takes the object to make one full orbit around the Sun, relative... Orbital Period (P) 2811.04 A day is any of several different units of time. The word refers either to the period of light when the Sun is above the local horizon or to the full day covering a dark and a light period. Introduction Different definitions of the day are based on the apparent... d (7.7 A Julian year is the length of an average year in the Julian calendar, 365.25 days. Astronomers still use the Julian year as a fundamental unit for ephemeris work, since it provides a quick and simple conversion to Julian dates. Note a Julian year is not the same as... a)
The orbital speed of a body, generally a planet, a natural satellite, an artificial satellite, or a multiple star, is the speed at which it orbits around the barycenter of a system, usually around a more massive body. It can be used to refer to either the mean orbital speed... Mean Orbital Speed 15.09 km/ This article is about the unit of time. See second (disambiguation) for other uses The second (symbol s) is a unit for time, and one of seven SI base units. It is defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between... s
Inclination is one of the six orbital parameters describing the shape and orientation of a celestial orbit and is the angular distance of the orbital plane from the plane of the reference (usually planets equator or the ecliptic), stated in degrees. In the solar system, the inclination of the... Inclination (i) 4.641 This article describes degree as a unit of angle. For alternative meanings, see Degree (disambiguation). A degree (or in full degree of arc), usually symbolized by the symbol °, is a measurement of plane angles, or of a location along a great circle of a sphere (such as the Earth or... °
The Longitude of the ascending node () is one of the orbital elements used to specify the orbit of an object in space. For a sun-orbiting body, it is the angle formed at the sun from the First Point of Aries to the bodys ascending node. Longitude of ascending... Longitude of the
Ascending Node (Ω)		 130.348°
The argument of the perihelion is one of the orbital elements describing the orbit of a planet. It is used to describe the longitude of the perihelion of the planets orbit around the sun. It is the angle from ascending node to perihelion (in the orbital plane). Categories: Stub... Argument of
Perihelion (ω)		 146.242°
In the study of orbital dynamics the mean anomaly is a measure of time, specific to the orbiting body p, which is a multiple of 2π radians at and only at periapsis. It is the fraction of the orbital period that has elapsed since the last passage at periapsis... Mean Anomaly (M) 292.853°
Physical Characteristics
Dimensions 156.0 km
Mass is a property of physical objects that, roughly speaking, measures the amount of matter they contain. It is a central concept of classical mechanics and related subjects. Strictly speaking, there are two different quantities called mass: Inertial mass is a measure of an objects inertia: its resistance to... Mass unknown
For other meanings of density, see density (disambiguation) Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. The higher an objects density, the higher its mass per volume. The average density of an object equals its total mass divided by its total volume. A... Density unknown
Surface This article covers the physics of gravitation. See also gravity (disambiguation). Gravitation is the tendency of masses to move toward each other. The first mathematical formulation of the theory of gravitation was made by Sir Isaac Newton and proved astonishingly accurate. He postulated the force of universal gravitational attraction. Newton... Gravity unknown
Escape Velocity means two things: the term escape velocity in physics the computer game Escape Velocity This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. If an article link referred you here, you might want to go back and... Escape Velocity unknown
In astronomy, a rotation period is the time an astronomical object takes to complete one revolution around its rotation axis. Rotation period of selected objects See also Synchronous rotation Prograde and retrograde motion Categories: Astronomy stubs ... Rotation Period unknown
An asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. An asteroid is an example of a minor planet (or planetoid), which are much smaller than planets. Most asteroids are believed to be remnants of the protoplanetary disc which were not incorporated into planets during the... Spectral Class C-type asteroids are carbonaceous asteroids. They form 75% of known asteroids, and are extremely dark (albedo 0.03), similar to carbonaceous chondrite meteorites (types CI and CM). They dominate the outer belt beyond 2.7 AU. These asteroids have approximately the same chemical composition as the Sun, except that... C
In astronomy, absolute magnitude is the apparent magnitude, m, an object would have if it were at a standardized distance away. It allows the overall brightnesses of objects to be compared without regards to distance. Absolute Magnitude for stars and galaxies (M) In stellar and galactic astronomy, the standard distance... Absolute Magnitude 7.64
This article discusses the physical or planetological property of albedo. For other usage, see Albedo (disambiguation). The albedo is a measure of reflectivity of a surface or body. It is the ratio of electromagnetic radiation reflected to the amount incident upon it. The fraction, usually expressed as a percentage from... Albedo unknown
Mean Surface
Temperature is the physical property of a system which underlies the common notions of hot and cold; the material with the higher temperature is said to be hotter. General description The formal properties of temperature are studied in thermodynamics. Formally, temperature is that property which governs the transfer of thermal... Temperature		 unknown

334 Chicago is a very large The asteroid belt is a region of the solar system falling roughly between the planets Mars and Jupiter where the greatest concentration of asteroid orbits can be found. It is termed the main belt when contrasted with other concentrations of minor planets, since these may also be termed asteroid belts... Main belt An asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. An asteroid is an example of a minor planet (or planetoid), which are much smaller than planets. Most asteroids are believed to be remnants of the protoplanetary disc which were not incorporated into planets during the... asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroids are carbonaceous asteroids. They form 75% of known asteroids, and are extremely dark (albedo 0.03), similar to carbonaceous chondrite meteorites (types CI and CM). They dominate the outer belt beyond 2.7 AU. These asteroids have approximately the same chemical composition as the Sun, except that... C-type asteroid and is probably composed of privitive Carbonate is an anion with a charge of -2 and an empirical formula of CO32-. An aqueous solution of carbon dioxide contains a minute amount of H2CO3, called carbonic acid, which dissociates to form hydrogen ions and carbonate ions. It would be a fairly strong acid if carbonic acid existed... carbonates.


It was discovered by Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf (June 21, 1863 – October 3, 1932) was a German astronomer. He was a pioneer of astrophotography. Working in Heidelberg, he discovered more than 200 asteroids, beginning with 323 Brucia in 1891. He pioneered the use of astrophotographic techniques to automate the discovery of asteroids... Max Wolf on August 23 is the 235th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (236th in leap years), with 130 days remaining. Events 1300-1899 1305 - William Wallace was executed. 1328 - Battle of Kassel: French troops stop an uprising of Flemish farmers 1566 - Calvinists are granted rights in the Netherlands 1614... August 23, 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). Events January-June January 1 - Ellis Island begins accepting immigrants to the United States. January 14 - Death of Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, second in line heir to the throne of the United Kingdom of Great Britain... 1892 in Map of Germany showing Heidelberg Heidelberg (halfway between Stuttgart and Frankfurt) is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. As of 2002, there are 140,000 people living on the citys 109 km2. View from the so called alley of philosophers (Philosophenweg) towards the Old Town, with Heidelberg Castle... Heidelberg.



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Minor planet is the official term for asteroids and trans-Neptunian objects. They are objects in the solar system that orbit the Sun like planets, but which are smaller than planets and not counted among them. If a minor planet produces coma it is called a comet (though conversely not... The Minor Planets
Vulcanoids are hypothetical asteroids that may orbit in a dynamically stable zone between 0.08 and 0.21 astronomical units from the Sun, well within the orbit of Mercury. They take their name from the hypothetical planet Vulcan, which eighteenth-century astronomers fruitlessly searched for to explain the excess precession... Vulcanoids | The asteroid belt is a region of the solar system falling roughly between the planets Mars and Jupiter where the greatest concentration of asteroid orbits can be found. It is termed the main belt when contrasted with other concentrations of minor planets, since these may also be termed asteroid belts... Main belt | Groups and Families | Near-Earth objects (NEO) are asteroids, comets and large meteoroids whose orbit intersects Earths orbit and which may therefore pose a collision danger. Due to their size and proximity, NEOs are also more easily accessible for spacecraft from Earth and are important for future scientific investigation and commercial development... Near-Earth objects | As originally defined, Trojan asteroids have a semi-major axis between 5.05 AU and 5.40 AU, and lie in elongated, curved regions around the two Lagrangian points 60° ahead and behind of Jupiter. The term is sometimes used to refer to minor bodies with similar relationships to other... Jupiter Trojans
The centaurs are a class of icy planetoids that orbit the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune, named after the mythical race of centaurs. The first centaur to be discovered, 2060 Chiron was found to display a coma upon its approach to perihelion, and is now officially classified as both a... Centaurs | A trans-Neptunian object (TNO) is any object in the solar system with all or most of its orbit beyond that of Neptune. The Kuiper belt and Oort cloud are names for some subdivisions of that volume of space. Pluto and its moon Charon are trans-Neptunian objects, and if... Trans-Neptunians | Damocloids are asteroids such as 5335 Damocles and (16746) 1996 PW that have long-period highly eccentric orbits typical of periodic comets such as 1P/Halley, but without showing a cometary coma or tail. The object 2001 OG108 was thought to be a Damocloid, but as it approached perihelion it... Damocloids | Comet Hale-Bopp, showing a white dust tail and blue gas tail (February 1997) A comet is a small astronomical object similar to an asteroid but composed largely of ice. Comets typically move in highly elliptical orbits, the aphelia of which may be many times more distant than Plutos... Comets | The Kuiper belt (KYE per) is an area of the solar system extending from within the orbit of Neptune (at 30 AU) to 50 AU from the sun, at inclinations consistent with the ecliptic. Origins The first astronomers to suggest the existence of this belt were Frederick C. Leonard in... Kuiper belt | This diagram shows the presumed distance of the Oort cloud compared to the rest of the solar system. The Oort cloud (sometimes called the Öpik-Oort Cloud) is a postulated spherical cloud of comets situated about 50,000 to 100,000 AU from the Sun. This is approximately 1000 times... Oort cloud
(For other objects and regions, see: Binary asteroids, An asteroid moon is an asteroid that orbits another asteroid. It is thought that many asteroids may possess moons, in some cases quite substantial in size. Asteroids with moons are commonly referred to as binary asteroids. The term double asteroid is sometimes used for systems in which the asteroid and... Asteroid moons and the Mosaic of the planets of the solar system, excluding Pluto, and including Earths Moon. Note: planets are not portrayed in the same scale. The Solar System consists of the Sun and all the objects that orbit around it, including asteroids, comets, moons, and planets). The Earth is the third... Solar system)
(For a complete listing, see: This is a list of numbered asteroids, in sequential order. As of September 2004 there were over 90,000 numbered asteroids (and many more not yet numbered). Many asteroids are fairly ordinary and not particularly noteworthy. For a smaller list of interesting asteroids, see List of noteworthy asteroids. List of... List of asteroids)

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