(348) May Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 November 1892 by A. Charlois at Nice.
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Where May is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: May is 2.77 au from the Sun and 3.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 348 |
| Provisional designation | A892 WE |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 82.8 km (#350 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0448 |
| Rotation period | 7.38 hours |
| Spectral type | X |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.58 |
| Orbital period | 5.12 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.75 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0728 |
| Inclination | 9.76° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 28 November 1892
More named asteroids discovered by A. Charlois
- (267) Tirza
- (272) Antonia
- (277) Elvira
- (282) Clorinde
- (283) Emma
- (284) Amalia
- (285) Regina
- (289) Nenetta
- (293) Brasilia
- (294) Felicia
- (296) Phaetusa
- (297) Caecilia
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