Bilkis (minor planet designation: 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]
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | A. Kopff |
Discovery site | Heidelberg |
Discovery date | 16 February 1906 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (585) Bilkis |
Pronunciation | /ˈbɪlkɪs/ |
Alternative 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) |
Semi-major axis | 2.4307 AU (363.63 Gm) |
Eccentricity | 0.12892 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 3.79 yr (1384.2 d) |
Mean anomaly | 60.5077° |
Mean motion | 0° 15m 36.288s / day |
Inclination | 7.5679° |
Longitude of ascending node | 180.293° |
Argument of perihelion | 328.948° |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 29.045±0.65 km |
Synodic rotation period | 8.5751 h (0.35730 d) |
Geometric albedo | 0.0362±0.002 |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.40 |
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