66 Maja

66 Maja

Three-dimensional model of 66 Maja created based on light-curve.
Discovery
Discovered by Horace Parnell Tuttle
Discovery date April 9, 1861
Designations
MPC designation (66) Maja
Named after
 Maia
 
Main belt
Orbital characteristics
Epoch December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5)
Aphelion 464.253 Gm (3.103 AU)
Perihelion 327.082 Gm (2.186 AU)
395.668 Gm (2.645 AU)
Eccentricity 0.173
1571.107 d (4.30 a)
18.18 km/s
69.159°
Inclination 3.047°
7.665°
43.718°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 71.8 km[1]
Mass 3.9×1017 kg (assumed)
Mean density
 ? g/cm³
0.0203 m/s²
0.0385 km/s
9.735 hr[1]
Albedo 0.060[1][2]
Temperature ~171 K
Spectral type
 C[1]
9.36[1]

    66 Maja /ˈmaɪ.ə/ is a dark, quite large main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by Horace Tuttle on April 9, 1861, and named after Maia, one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology.

    Maja has been studied by radar.[3]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 66 Maja" (2012-01-04 last obs). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
    2. ↑ Asteroid Data Sets Archived 2010-01-17 at WebCite
    3. ↑ "Radar-Detected Asteroids and Comets". NASA/JPL Asteroid Radar Research. Retrieved 2012-01-23.


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