623 Chimaera
623 Chimaera is a minor planet, specifically an asteroid orbiting in the asteroid belt.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | K. Lohnert |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 22 January 1907 |
| Designations | |
| (623) Chimaera | |
| Pronunciation | /kaɪˈmɪərə/ ky-MEER-ə[1] |
Named after | Chimera |
| 1907 XJ | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 106.49 yr (38896 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.7396 AU (409.84 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.1819 AU (326.41 Gm) |
| 2.4607 AU (368.12 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.11331 |
| 3.86 yr (1409.9 d) | |
| 186.178° | |
| 0° 15m 19.224s / day | |
| Inclination | 14.127° |
| 308.337° | |
| 124.416° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 22.045±0.5 km |
| 14.635 h (0.6098 d) | |
| 0.0372±0.002 | |
| 10.97 | |
The asteroid is the major body in its own asteroid family, the Chimaera Family, it is also 22 kilometres in radius and orbits more in the inner to mid asteroid belt, taking 4 years to complete an orbit. Not much detail is really known about the asteroid.
References
- "Chimaera". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- "623 Chimaera (1907 XJ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
External links
- 623 Chimaera at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 623 Chimaera at the JPL Small-Body Database
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