341 California

Minor Planet | name= 341 California
discoverer=Max Wolf
discovery_date=September 25, 1892
designations=1892 J; 1979 FY2
category=Main belt (Flora family)
epoch=30 January, 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
semimajor=329.001 Gm (2.199 AU)
perihelion=265.017 Gm (1.772 AU)
aphelion=392.985 Gm (2.627 AU)
eccentricity=0.194
period=1191.235 d (3.26 a)
inclination=5.669°
asc_node=29.199°
arg_peri=293.349°
mean_anomaly=187.1°
speed=20.08 km/s
dimensions=15 km [http://www.psi.edu/pds/archive/astdata04/simps04/diamalb.tab Supplemental IRAS Minor Planet Survey] ]
mass=~5×10¹⁵ "(estimate)"
density=~2.7 g/cm³ "(estimate)" cite journal | author= G. A. Krasinsky et al| title= "Hidden Mass in the Asteroid Belt"| journal= Icarus| year= 2002| volume= 158| pages= 98| doi= 10.1006/icar.2002.6837]
gravity=~0.006 m/s² "(estimate)"
escape_velocity=~0.009 km/s "(estimate)"
rotation="unknown"
spectral_class=S [http://www.psi.edu//pds/resource/taxonomy.html PDS spectral class data] ]
abs_mag=10.55
albedo=0.495
temperature=~162 K
"max:" 256 K (-17°C)

341 California is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt, that has an unusually high albedo.

It was discovered by Max Wolf on September 25, 1892 in Heidelberg.

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