3906 Chao

Chao

Discovery and designation
Discovered by	Shoemaker, C.
Discovery site	Palomar
Discovery date	May 31, 1987
Designations
MPC designation	3906
Named after	Edward C. T. Chao
Alternate name(s)	1987 KE1
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Ap	3.1372465
Peri	2.7277577
Eccentricity	0.0698190
Orbital period	1834.2390058
Mean anomaly	331.83555
Inclination	26.07232
Longitude of ascending node	149.22836
Argument of peri	204.37664
Physical characteristics
Geometric albedo	0.0381
Absolute magnitude (H)	10.80

3906 Chao (1987 KE1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 31, 1987 by Shoemaker, C. at Palomar.

External links

• JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 3906 Chao

References

• Behrend, R. (2011) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html

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