410 Chloris Explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
  1. D6D6D6
410 Chloris
Discovered:7 January 1896
Mpc Name:(410) Chloris
Pronounced:[1]
Alt Names:1896 CH
Adjective:Chloridian
Mp Category:Main belt (Chloris)
Epoch:31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Semimajor:2.72395AU
Perihelion:2.0659AU
Aphelion:3.38204abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Eccentricity:0.24159
Period:4.50 yr (1642.1 d)
Inclination:10.963°
Asc Node:96.940°
Arg Peri:172.945°
Dimensions:
115.55 ± 8.22 km
Density:7.72 ± 1.69 g/cm3
Rotation:32.5abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Spectral Type:C 
Abs Magnitude:8.30 
Mean Motion: / day
Observation Arc:105.91 yr (38683 d)
Uncertainty:0

410 Chloris is a very large main-belt asteroid that was discovered by Auguste Charlois on January 7, 1896, in Nice. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material. The spectrum of the asteroid displays evidence of aqueous alteration. It is the namesake of the Chloris family of asteroids.

Photometrics of this asteroid made in 1979 gave a light curve with a period of 32.50 hours with a brightness variation of 0.28 in magnitude.

Notes and References

  1. Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language