(2066) Palala Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 June 1934 by C. Jackson at Johannesburg.
Named for a river, a tributary of the Limpopo, in the western Transvaal.Naming citation (MPC 5184), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Palala is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Palala is 2.09 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2066 |
| Provisional designation | 1934 LB |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 17.0 km (#2,668 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0560 |
| Rotation period | 9.73 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.91 |
| Orbital period | 3.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.126 |
| Inclination | 3.76° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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