1958 Chandra

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1958 Chandra
Discovery A
Discoverer C. U. Cesco
Discovery date September 24, 1970
Alternate
designations
B
1970 SB
Category main belt
Orbital elements C
Epoch December 1, 2005 (JD 2453705.5)
Eccentricity (e) .169
Semi-major axis (a) 463.820 Gm (3.100 AU)
Perihelion (q) 385.266 Gm (2.575 AU)
Aphelion (Q) 542.374 Gm (3.626 AU)
Orbital period (P) 1994.043 d (5.46 a)
Mean orbital speed 16.793 km/s
Inclination (i) 10.559 °
Longitude of the
ascending node
(Ω)
345.142°
Argument of
perihelion
(ω)
320.169°
Mean anomaly (M) 177.495°
Physical characteristics D
Dimensions  ? km
Mass  ?? kg
Density  ? g/cm³
Surface gravity  ? m/s²
Escape velocity  ? km/s
Rotation period .? d
Spectral class  ?
Absolute magnitude 11.161
Albedo (geometric) .0801
Mean surface
temperature
~? K
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1958 Chandra is an asteroid named after Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, an Indian-American physicist.


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