66 Maja
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| Orbital characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
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| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Semimajor axis | 2.645 AU |
| Perihelion distance | 2.186 AU |
| Aphelion distance | 3.103 AU |
| Orbital period | 4.30 years |
| Inclination | 3.05° |
| Eccentricity | 0.173 |
| Physical characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
| Diameter | 72.8 km |
| Rotation period 3 (http://charlie.psi.edu/pds/) | 9.733 hours |
| Spectral class | C |
| Abs. magnitude | 9.36 |
| Albedo 4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html) | 0.060 |
| History 2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html) | |
| Discoverer | H. P. Tuttle, 1861 |
66 Maja 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.
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