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1196 Sheba

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Discovered by
  
C. Jackson

Alternative names
  
1931 KE · A912 BB

Observation arc
  
104.25 yr (38076 days)

Discovered
  
21 May 1931

Discoverer
  
Cyril Jackson

Discovery site
  
Union Observatory

MPC designation
  
1196

Discovery date
  
21 May 1931

Minor planet category
  
main-belt

Aphelion
  
3.1302 AU (468.27 Gm)

Orbits
  
Sun

Named after
  
Queen of Sheba

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

1196 Sheba, provisional designation 1931 KE, is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 21, 1931, by Cyril Jackson at Johannesburg (UO), South Africa. The X-type asteroid measures about 29 kilometers in diameter.

The asteroid is named after the biblical Queen of Sheba, who visited King Solomon.

References

1196 Sheba Wikipedia