Chaldaea (
minor planet designation: 313 Chaldaea) is a large
Main belt
The asteroid belt is a torus-shaped region in the Solar System, located roughly between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars. It contains a great many solid, irregularly shaped bodies, of many sizes, but much smaller than planets, called ...
asteroid. It is classified as a
C-type asteroid
C-type (carbonaceous) asteroids are the most common variety, forming around 75% of known asteroids. They are volatile-rich and distinguished by a very low albedo because their composition includes a large amount of carbon, in addition to rocks ...
and is probably composed of
carbonaceous material.
It was discovered by
Johann Palisa on 30 August 1891 in
Vienna
en, Viennese
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. It was named in honor of the
Chaldeans, considered the founders of
astrology
Astrology is a range of divinatory practices, recognized as pseudoscientific since the 18th century, that claim to discern information about human affairs and terrestrial events by studying the apparent positions of celestial objects. Di ...
.
[Schmadel, L. (2003:42). ''Dictionary of minor planet names''. Germany: Springer.]
In 2003, the asteroid was detected by radar from the
Arecibo Observatory at a distance of 1.07 AU. The resulting data yielded an effective diameter of .
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Discoveries by Johann Palisa
Named minor planets
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