66 Maja

66 Maja

Orbital characteristics 1
Orbit type	Main belt
Semimajor axis	2.645 AU
Perihelion distance	2.186 AU
Aphelion distance	3.103 AU
Orbital period	4.30 years
Inclination	3.05°
Eccentricity	0.173
Physical characteristics 1
Diameter	72.8 km
Rotation period 3	9.733 hours
Spectral class	C
Abs. magnitude	9.36
Albedo 4	0.060
History 2
Discoverer	H. P. Tuttle, 1861

66 Maja is a dark, quite large main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by Horace Tuttle on April 9, 1861 and named after Maia, one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology.