(66) Maya
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Asteroid (66) Maja |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2,646 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1708 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.194 AU - 3.098 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.05 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 7.6 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 43.6 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | June 22, 2010 |
| Sidereal period | 4 a 111 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.2 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 73 km |
| Albedo | 0.06 |
| Rotation period | 9.7 h |
| Absolute brightness | 9.4 mag |
| Spectral class | C. |
| history | |
| Explorer | HP Tuttle |
| Date of discovery | April 9, 1861 |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(66) Maja is an asteroid of the main belt , which on April 9, 1861 by the American astronomer Horace Parnell Tuttle was discovered.
It was named after Maja , a daughter of Atlas and Pleione , mother of Hermes .
Maja has a dark, carbonaceous surface.