1633 Chimay

1633 Chimay
Lightcurve based 3D-model of Chimay
Discovery[1]
Discovered byS. Arend
Discovery siteUccle Obs.
Discovery date3 March 1929
Designations
(1633) Chimay
Named after
Chimay (Belgian town)[2]
1929 EC · 1941 KF
1946 HC · 1948 RO
1951 AM · 1952 HY3
1954 SS · 1955 XN
1972 VM1 · A917 BB
main-belt · Themis[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc100.02 yr (36,531 days)
Aphelion3.5907 AU
Perihelion2.7980 AU
3.1943 AU
Eccentricity0.1241
5.71 yr (2,085 days)
237.33°
0° 10m 21.36s / day
Inclination2.6759°
114.08°
65.539°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions36.07 km (derived)[3]
36.12±3.1 km (IRAS:3)[4]
36.26±0.86 km[5]
37.428±0.466[6]
37.732±0.426 km[7]
6.58±0.01 h[8]
6.59064±0.00005 h[9]
6.5911±0.0001 h[10]
6.6367±0.0038 h[11]
0.0781 (derived)[3]
0.0785±0.0135[7]
0.080±0.014[6]
0.0854±0.017 (IRAS:3)[4]
0.088±0.005[5]
S[3]
10.36±0.17 (R)[8] · 10.481±0.002 (R)[11] · 10.5[5][7] · 10.6[1][3] · 10.97±0.06[12]

1633 Chimay, provisional designation 1929 EC, is a Themistian asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 37 kilometers in diameter.

It was discovered on 3 March 1929, by Belgian astronomer Sylvain Arend at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle.[13] Five nights later, the body was independently discovered by Max Wolf at Heidelberg Observatory in southern Germany.[2] It was later named for the Belgian town of Chimay.[2]

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