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Discovered by
  
Max Wolf

Alternative names
  
1892 L

Observation arc
  
123.39 yr (45069 d)

Orbits
  
Sun

Discoverer
  
Max Wolf

Discovery date
  
23 August 1892

Minor planet category
  
Main belt

Discovered
  
23 August 1892

Spectral type
  
C-type asteroid

Named after
  
Chicago

Aphelion
  
3.98201 AU (595.700 Gm)

Discovery site
  
Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory

Similar
  
386 Siegena, 471 Papagena, 417 Suevia, 375 Ursula, 360 Carlova

334 Chicago is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.

It was discovered by Max Wolf on August 23, 1892, in Heidelberg.

References

334 Chicago Wikipedia