(66) Maya ( lat.Maja ) - an asteroid of the main belt , belonging to the dark spectral class C. It was discovered on April 9, 1861 by the American astronomer Horace Tuttle at the Harvard Observatory and named after Maya , the eldest of seven pleiades sisters in ancient Greek mythology [3] .
| (66) Maya | |
|---|---|
| Asteroid | |
| Opening | |
| Discoverer | Horace Tuttle |
| Place of discovery | Harvard |
| Discovery date | April 9, 1861 |
| Eponym | Mayan |
| Alternative notation | 1947 FO; 1974 KR; 1992 OX 10 ; A902 UF; A906 QD |
| Category | Main ring |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Age of March 14, 2012 JD 2456000.5 | |
| Eccentricity ( e ) | 0,1707679 |
| Semimajor axis ( a ) | 396.031 million km (2,6473069 AE) |
| Perihelion ( q ) | 328.402 million km (2,1952319 AU) |
| Aphelion ( Q ) | 463.661 million km (3,0993819 AU) |
| Circulation Period ( P ) | 1573.276 days (4.307 g. ) |
| Average orbital speed | 18.172 km / s |
| Inclination ( i ) | 3.04716 ° |
| Longitude node (Ω) | 7.56974 ° |
| Perihelion Argument (ω) | 43.73627 ° |
| Median Anomaly ( M ) | 144.20564 ° |
| Physical Characteristics [1] [2] | |
| Diameter | 71.82 km |
| Weight | 4.0⋅10 17 kg |
| Density | 2,000 g / cm³ |
| Acceleration of free fall on the surface | 0.0203 m / s² |
| 2nd space speed | 0.0385 km / s |
| Rotation period | 9.73509 h |
| Spectral class | C (Ch) |
| Apparent magnitude | 14.57 m (current) |
| Absolute magnitude | 9.36 m |
| Albedo | 0,0618 |
| Average surface temperature | 171 K (−102 ° C ) |
| Current distance from the sun | 2,412 a. e. |
| Current distance from earth | 3.17 a. e. |
Maya asteroid orbit and its position in the solar system
See also
- List of asteroids ( 1-100 )
- Classifications of Minor Planets
Notes
- ↑ Asteroid Data Sets
- ↑ Radar-Detected Asteroids and Comets . NASA / JPL Asteroid Radar Research. Date of treatment January 23, 2012. Archived May 25, 2012.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . - Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. - B. , Heidelberg, N. Y .: Springer, 2003 .-- P. 21. - ISBN 3-540-00238-3 .