| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | K. Lohnert |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 22 January 1907 |
| Designations | |
| (623) Chimaera | |
| Pronunciation | /kaɪˈmɪərə/ky-MEER-ə[1] |
Named after | Chimera |
| 1907 XJ | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 106.49 yr (38896 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.7396 AU (409.84 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.1819 AU (326.41 Gm) |
| 2.4607 AU (368.12 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.11331 |
| 3.86yr (1409.9d) | |
| 186.178° | |
| 0° 15m 19.224s / day | |
| Inclination | 14.127° |
| 308.337° | |
| 124.416° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 22.045±0.5km | |
| 14.635 h (0.6098 d) | |
| 0.0372±0.002 | |
| 10.97 | |
623 Chimaera is aminor planet, specifically anasteroid orbiting in theasteroid belt.
The asteroid is the major body in its ownasteroid family, theChimaera Family, it is also 22 kilometres in radius and orbits more in the inner to mid asteroid belt, taking 4 years to complete an orbit.Not much detail is really known about the asteroid.
TheMBR Explorer spacecraft is going to visit 623 Chimaera among six other asteroids under the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt. The spacecraft is planned to launch in 2028.[3][4] It will make observations of 623 Chimaera with its twocameras and twospectrometers with the goal of better understanding theformation of the solar system.[5]
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