834 Burnhamia
834 Burnhamia ( ''prov. designation'': ''or'' ) is a large background asteroid, approximately in diameter, that is located in the outer region of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 20 September 1916, by German astronomer Max Wolf at the Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany. The X-type asteroid (GS) has a rotation period of 13.9 hours. It was named after American astronomer Sherburne Wesley Burnham (1838–1921). Orbit and classification ''Burnhamia'' is a non-family asteroid of the main belt's background population when applying the hierarchical clustering method to its proper orbital elements. It orbits the Sun in the outer main-belt at a distance of 2.5–3.8  AU once every 5 years and 8 months (2,076 days; semi-major axis of 3.18 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.20 and an inclination of 4 ° with respect to the ecliptic. The asteroid's observation arc begins with its first observation as at Heidelberg Observatory on 26 October 1905, almost 11 ...
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