1958 Chandra

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1958 Chandra

Discovery A
Discoverer	C. U. Cesco
Discovery date	September 24, 1970
Alternate designations B	1970 SB
Category	main belt
Orbital elements C
Epoch December 1, 2005 (JD 2453705.5)
Eccentricity (e)	.169
Semi-major axis (a)	463.820 Gm (3.100 AU)
Perihelion (q)	385.266 Gm (2.575 AU)
Aphelion (Q)	542.374 Gm (3.626 AU)
Orbital period (P)	1994.043 d (5.46 a)
Mean orbital speed	16.793 km/s
Inclination (i)	10.559 °
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω)	345.142°
Argument of perihelion (ω)	320.169°
Mean anomaly (M)	177.495°
Physical characteristics D
Dimensions	? km
Mass	?? kg
Density	? g/cm³
Surface gravity	? m/s²
Escape velocity	? km/s
Rotation period	.? d
Spectral class	?
Absolute magnitude	11.161
Albedo (geometric)	.0801
Mean surface temperature	~? K
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1958 Chandra is an asteroid named after Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, an Indian-American physicist.

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