(11066) Sigurd Apollo
Discovered on 9 February 1992 by Shoemaker, C. S., Shoemaker, E. M. at Palomar.
Sigurd was the most famous of all Norse heroes and played the principal part in the Volsungasaga. He rides through a ring of fire to awaken Brynhild twice, once for himself and once for the king Gunnar, in a complicated tale of love and deception and treachery.Naming citation (20000523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sigurd is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sigurd is 1.88 au from the Sun and 2.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11066 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 CC1 |
| Orbit class | Apollo · near-Earth |
| Diameter | 2.10 km (#16,921 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.190 |
| Rotation period | 8.50 hours |
| Spectral type | K |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.17 |
| Orbital period | 1.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 0.869 – 1.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.375 |
| Inclination | 36.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.119 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.