(41488) Sindbad Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 August 2000 by J. Broughton at Reedy Creek.
Sindbad was the legendary sailor from Baghdad who had numerous fantastic adventures during The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor as recounted in The Arabian Nights, a classic ninth century compilation of 1001 tales representing an amalgam of various events, both actual and mythical.Naming citation (20060219/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sindbad is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sindbad is 3.41 au from the Sun and 3.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 41488 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QE71 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 18.1 km (#2,475 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0710 |
| Rotation period | 8.04 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.62 |
| Orbital period | 7.87 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.96 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.34 – 4.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.156 |
| Inclination | 9.63° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.37 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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