(334) Chicago Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 August 1892 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg.
Where Chicago is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chicago is 4.05 au from the Sun and 4.68 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 334 |
| Provisional designation | A892 QB |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 199 km (#32 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0410 |
| Rotation period | 7.36 hours |
| Spectral type | C |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 7.63 |
| Orbital period | 7.82 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.94 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.83 – 4.05 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0284 |
| Inclination | 4.72° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.82 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
More named asteroids discovered by M. F. Wolf
- (323) Brucia
- (325) Heidelberga
- (328) Gudrun
- (329) Svea
- (330) Adalberta
- (332) Siri
- (333) Badenia
- (339) Dorothea
- (340) Eduarda
- (341) California
- (342) Endymion
- (343) Ostara
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