585 Bilkis

585 Bilkis
Discovery
Discovered by A. Kopff
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date 16 February 1906
Designations
1906 TA
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 110.16 yr (40236 d)
Aphelion 2.7440 AU (410.50 Gm)
Perihelion 2.1173 AU (316.74 Gm)
2.4307 AU (363.63 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.12892
3.79 yr (1384.2 d)
60.5077°
 15m 36.288s / day
Inclination 7.5679°
180.293°
328.948°
Earth MOID 1.13061 AU (169.137 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.26425 AU (338.727 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.484
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
29.045±0.65 km
8.5751 h (0.35730 d)
0.0362±0.002
10.40

    585 Bilkis is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by German astronomer August Kopff in 1906 February and was given the Koran name for the Queen of Sheba. Photometric observations at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 2006–7 were used to build a light curve for this object. The asteroid displayed a rotation period of 8.5742 ± 0.0005 hours and a brightness variation of 0.40 ± 0.02 in magnitude.[2]

    References

    1. "585 Bilkis (1906 TA)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
    2. Warner, Brian D. (April 2011), "Upon Further Review: VI. An Examination of Previous Lightcurve Analysis from the Palmer Divide Observatory", The Minor Planet Bulletin 38 (2): 96–111, Bibcode:2011MPBu...38...96W

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