313 Chaldaea
Orbital diagram | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Johann Palisa |
| Discovery date | 30 August 1891 |
| Designations | |
| (313) Chaldaea | |
| Pronunciation | /kælˈdiːə/ |
Named after | Chaldea |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 122.79 yr (44849 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.8054 AU (419.68 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.9456 AU (291.06 Gm) |
| 2.3755 AU (355.37 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.18096 |
| 3.66 yr (1337.3 d) | |
| 262.291° | |
| 0° 16m 9.084s / day | |
| Inclination | 11.654° |
| 176.640° | |
| 316.013° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 96.34±1.7 km |
| 8.392 h (0.3497 d) | |
| 0.0524±0.002 | |
| C | |
| 8.90 | |
313 Chaldaea is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material. It was discovered by Johann Palisa on 30 August 1891 in Vienna. It was named in honor of the Chaldeans, considered the founders of astrology.
In 2003, the asteroid was detected by radar from the Arecibo Observatory at a distance of 1.07 AU. The resulting data yielded an effective diameter of 96 ± 14 km.