(11066) Sigurd

Asteroid (11066) Sigurd
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: 4th September 2017 ( JD 2,458,000.5)
Orbit type	Apollo type
Major semi-axis	1.3915 AU
eccentricity	0.3754
Perihelion - aphelion	0.8691 AU - 1.9138 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	36.8829 °
Length of the ascending node	349.2458 °
Argument of the periapsis	22.0062 °
Sidereal period	1.64 a
Mean orbital velocity	25.24 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	2.778 ± 0.115
Albedo	0.190 ± 0.033
Rotation period	8.4958 h
Absolute brightness	15.2 mag
Spectral class (according to SMASSII)	K
history
Explorer	CS Shoemaker , EM Shoemaker
Date of discovery	February 9, 1992
Another name	1992 CC ₁ , 1987 GE
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(11066) Sigurd is a near-Earth asteroid (planetoid) of the Apollo type . These are heavenly bodies whose orbit the earth's orbit can cross.

The asteroid was discovered on February 9, 1992 by CS Shoemaker and EM Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory and was named on May 23, 2000 after Sigurd , a hero from Nordic mythology ( Edda , Völsunga saga ).

Sigurd is an asteroid of the spectral type K.

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