410 Chloris
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery date | January 7, 1896 |
| Designations | |
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Named after
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Chloris |
| 1896 CH | |
| Main belt (Chloris) | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5) | |
| Aphelion | 505.094 Gm (3.376 AU) |
| Perihelion | 311.5 Gm (2.082 AU) |
| 408.297 Gm (2.729 AU) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.237 |
| 1646.896 d (4.51 a) | |
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Average orbital speed
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18.03 km/s |
| 287.93° | |
| Inclination | 10.921° |
| 97.251° | |
| 171.958° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 115.55 ± 8.22[2] km |
| Mass | (6.24 ± 0.30) × 1018[2] kg |
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Mean density
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7.72 ± 1.69[2] g/cm3 |
| 32.50 | |
| Albedo | 0.0554 |
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Spectral type
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C |
| 8.3 | |
410 Chloris is a very large main-belt asteroid that was discovered by Auguste Charlois on January 7, 1896, in Nice. It is classified as a C-type asteroid[3] and is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material. It is the namesake of the Chloris family of asteroids.
Photometric of this asteroid made in 1979 gave a light curve with a period of 32.50 hours with a brightness variation of 0.28 in magnitude.[3]
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