623 Chimaera

623 Chimaera is a minor planet, specifically an asteroid orbiting in the asteroid belt.

Orbit and classification
The asteroid is the major body in its own asteroid family, the Chimaera Family, it is also 22 kilometres in radius and orbits more in the inner to mid asteroid belt, taking 4 years to complete an orbit. Not much detail is really known about the asteroid.

Exploration
The MBR Explorer spacecraft is going to visit 623 Chimaera among other 6 other asteroids under the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt. The spacecraft is planned to launch in 2028. It will make observations of 623 Chimaera with its two cameras and two spectrometers with the goal of better understanding the formation of the solar system.