(269550) Chur

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Chur is an asteroid with the number 269,550th It was discovered on 16 November 2009 by José De Queiroz, head of the observatory Mirasteilas in Falera, a Grison village, which lies about 20 kilometers from the Swiss city of Chur. The discovery was confirmed in July 2011 by the Minor Planet Center. Since the asteroid is formally named Churchill.

Data

The asteroid has a diameter of about 2.5 kilometers and attracts its orbit around the Sun at an average distance of 345 million kilometers. He needs an orbit nearly four and a half years.

Name

The name Churchill refers to the capital of the canton in which there is the observatory of discovery. The city of Chur applies with 5000 years of continuous habitation as the oldest city in Switzerland.