(341) California Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 September 1892 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg.
Where California is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: California is 2.07 au from the Sun and 1.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 341 |
| Provisional designation | A892 SE |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.8 km (#2,933 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.425 |
| Rotation period | 318 hours |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.38 |
| Orbital period | 3.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.77 – 2.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.194 |
| Inclination | 5.67° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.768 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 25 September 1892
More named asteroids discovered by M. F. Wolf
- (323) Brucia
- (325) Heidelberga
- (328) Gudrun
- (329) Svea
- (330) Adalberta
- (332) Siri
- (333) Badenia
- (334) Chicago
- (339) Dorothea
- (340) Eduarda
- (342) Endymion
- (343) Ostara
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