Discovery | |
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Discovered by | W. Lorenz |
Discovery site | Heidelberg |
Discovery date | 22 July 1908 |
Designations | |
(665) Sabine | |
Pronunciation | German: [zaːˈbiːnə] [1] |
1908 DK | |
Adjectives | Sabinian /səˈbɪniən/ [2] |
Orbital characteristics [3] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 ( JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 110.08 yr (40208 d) |
Aphelion | 3.6830 AU (550.97 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.6053 AU (389.75 Gm) |
3.1442 AU (470.37 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.17139 |
5.58 yr (2036.4 d) | |
149.933 ° | |
0° 10m 36.444s / day | |
Inclination | 14.740° |
298.436° | |
318.920° | |
Physical characteristics | |
25.545±1.2
km
[3] 26.355 ± 0.36 km [4] | |
Mass | (6.98 ± 3.98) × 1017 kg [4] |
4.294 h (0.1789 d) | |
0.3895±0.039 | |
9.29, [5] 8.7 [3] | |
665 Sabine is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer Wilhelm Lorenz on July 22, 1908. [6]
Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Oakley Observatory in Terre Haute, Indiana during 2006 gave a light curve with a period of 4.294 ± 0.001 hours and a brightness variation of 0.50 ± 0.04 in magnitude. [7]