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66 Maja DiscoveryDiscovered by Horace Parnell Tuttle Discovery date April 9, 1861 DesignationsNamed after Maia Alternate name(s) Minor planet
categoryMain belt Epoch December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5) Aphelion 464.253 Gm (3.103 AU) Perihelion 327.082 Gm (2.186 AU) Semi-major axis 395.668 Gm (2.645 AU) Eccentricity 0.173 Orbital period 1571.107 d (4.30 a) Average orbital speed 18.18 km/s Mean anomaly 69.159° Inclination 3.047° Longitude of ascending node 7.665° Argument of perihelion 43.718° Physical characteristicsDimensions 72.8 km Mass 4.0×1017 kg Mean density ? g/cm³ Equatorial surface gravity 0.0203 m/s² Escape velocity 0.0385 km/s Rotation period ? d Albedo 0.060 [1] Temperature ~171 K Spectral type C Absolute magnitude (H) 9.36 66 Maja (
/ˈmaɪ.ə/) 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.References
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