Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | C. U. Cesco |
Discovery site | El Leoncito (Yale–Columbia Station) |
Discovery date | 24 September 1970 |
Designations | |
(1958) Chandra | |
Named after | Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (astrophysicist)[2] |
1970 SB · 1947 HD 1959 RG1 · 1965 UN 1971 XA | |
main-belt · (outer)[3] | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 62.66 yr (22,887 days) |
Aphelion | 3.6220 AU |
Perihelion | 2.5840 AU |
3.1030 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.1673 |
5.47 yr (1,997 days) | |
233.69° | |
0° 10m 49.08s / day | |
Inclination | 10.559° |
345.04° | |
318.95° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 33.82 km (derived)[3] 34.278±0.220[4] 36.167±0.349 km[5] |
7.0571±0.0029 h[6] 7.070±0.004 h[7] | |
0.0511 (derived)[3] 0.0709±0.0138[5] 0.082±0.007[4] | |
C[3] | |
10.7[5] · 11.102±0.003 (R)[6] · 11.18±0.18[8] · 11.2[1][3] | |
1958 Chandra (prov. designation: 1970 SB) is a dark background asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 35 kilometers (22 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 24 September 1970, by Argentinian astronomer Carlos Cesco at the Yale–Columbia Southern Station of the Leoncito Astronomical Complex in San Juan, Argentina (also see Félix Aguilar Observatory).[9] It was named after astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.[2]
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