(66) Maja Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 April 1861 by H. P. Tuttle at Cambridge.
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Where Maja is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Maja is 2.61 au from the Sun and 2.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 66 |
| Provisional designation | A861 GA |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 71.8 km (#449 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0160 |
| Rotation period | 9.74 hours |
| Spectral type | C |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.53 |
| Orbital period | 4.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.65 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.19 – 3.10 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.172 |
| Inclination | 3.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.20 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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