341 California
California (minor planet designation: 341 California) is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. It has an unusually high albedo.
_California.png) Shape model of California | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Max Wolf |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
| 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 | |
It was discovered by Max Wolf on 25 September 1892 in Heidelberg.
References
- "341 California (1892 J)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- 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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