- 1166 Sakuntala
Infobox Planet
minorplanet = yes
bgcolour = #FFFFC0
name = 1166 Sakuntala cite web | title="JPL Small-Body Database Browser" | url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1166 | accessdate= October 17 | accessyear= 2007 ]
discovery = yes
discoverer = Parchomenko, P.
discovered = 1930-Jun-27
epoch = Orbital Elements at Epoch 2454400.5 (2007-Oct-27.0) TDB
aphelion = 3.0612355 AU
perihelion = 2.0111889 AU
semimajor = 2.5362122 AU
eccentricity = 0.2070108
period = 1475.2880039 days
4.04 years
inclination = 18.89406 °
asc_node = 106.78900 °
mean_anomaly = 19.84872 °
arg_peri = 189.15785 °
physical_characteristics = yes| dimensions = diameter 28.74
albedo = 0.6460
abs_magnitude = 8.80 mag
rotation= 6.30 h1166 Sakuntala is a
main belt asteroid orbiting theSun . Approximately 29 kilometers in diameter, it makes a revolution around the Sun once every 4 years. It completes one rotation once every 6 hours. It was discovered byPraskovjya Georgievna Parkhomenko onJune 27 ,1930 . Its provisional designation was 1930 MA.During a perihelic opposition, when Sakuntala is only 1 AU from the Earth, it can get as bright as
apparent magnitude 10.5.cite web
title=Bright Minor Planets 2007
publisher=Minor Planet Center
url=http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Bright/2007
accessdate=2008-05-21]References
External links
* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1166;orb=1 Orbital simulation] from JPL (Java) / [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi?find_body=1&body_group=sb&sstr=1166 Horizons Ephemeris]
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