Alternative names n/a Observation arc 124.91 yr (45623 d) Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 17 May 1887 Minor planet category Main belt Discovered 17 May 1887 | |
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Aphelion 3.24229 AU (485.040 Gm) Similar 265 Anna, 276 Adelheid, 218 Bianca, 441 Bathilde, 242 Kriemhild | ||
266 Aline is a fairly large main belt asteroid that was discovered by Johann Palisa on May 17, 1887 in Vienna and is thought to have been named after the daughter of astronomer Edmund Weiss. It is a dark C-type asteroid and is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material.
Photometric observations made in 2012 at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico produced a light curve with a period of 13.018 ± 0.001 hours and a brightness variation of 0.10 ± 0.01 in magnitude.
In 2001, the asteroid was detected by radar from the Arecibo Observatory at a distance of 1.41 AU. The resulting data yielded an effective diameter of 109 ± 15 km.
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