348 May

348 May
Discovery
Discovered by	Auguste Charlois
Discovery date	November 28, 1892
Designations
Alternative names	1892 R
Minor planet category	Main belt
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
Aphelion	474.913 Gm (3.175 AU)
Perihelion	413.851 Gm (2.766 AU)
Semi-major axis	444.382 Gm (2.971 AU)
Eccentricity	0.069
Orbital period	1869.979 d (5.12 a)
Average orbital speed	17.28 km/s
Mean anomaly	299.322°
Inclination	9.765°
Longitude of ascending node	90.21°
Argument of perihelion	7.488°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	83.0 km
Mass	unknown
Mean density	unknown
Surface gravity	unknown
Escape velocity	unknown
Rotation period	unknown
Albedo	unknown
Temperature	unknown
Spectral type	unknown
Absolute magnitude (H)	9.4

348 May is a large Main belt asteroid.^[1] It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on November 28, 1892 in Nice.

References

↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". JPL. Retrieved 6 April 2015.

External links

348 May at the JPL Small-Body Database

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