665 Sabine
Main-belt asteroid
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665 Sabine is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer Wilhelm Lorenz on July 22, 1908.[6]
A three-dimensional model of 665 Sabine based on its light curve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| 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] | |
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]