(66200) Gibis Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 January 1999 by ODAS at Caussols.
The Gibis were characters in the French animated television series Les Shadoks. Like the Shadoks, they were intelligent, but vulnerable. They also lived on a two-dimensional planet and had their brains in their hats. Their planet was unstable, so like the Shadoks they decided to build a rocket to go to Earth.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #9, 16), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gibis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gibis is 2.43 au from the Sun and 1.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 66200 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 BT13 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.74 km (#13,353 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0420 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.35 |
| Orbital period | 3.18 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 2.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.125 |
| Inclination | 4.25° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.882 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 20 January 1999
- (10424) Gaillard
- (10425) Landfermann
- (16007) Kaasalainen
- (28251) Gerbaldi
- (56095) Buniatishvili
- (59199) Jorisbossard
- (59211) Bernardfort
- (66197) Isabosc
- (66198) Micheltallon
- (79896) Billhaley
- (121018) Malvinabilleres
- (121019) Minodamato