(666) Desdemona Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 July 1908 by A. Kopff at Heidelberg.
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Where Desdemona is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Desdemona is 2.44 au from the Sun and 2.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 666 |
| Provisional designation | A908 OG |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 32.7 km (#1,240 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0950 |
| Rotation period | 14.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.7 |
| Orbital period | 4.18 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 3.21 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.236 |
| Inclination | 7.58° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.986 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 23 July 1908
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- (584) Semiramis
- (585) Bilkis
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- (591) Irmgard
- (593) Titania
- (595) Polyxena
- (596) Scheila
- (606) Brangane
- (607) Jenny
- (608) Adolfine
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