66667 Kambic
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66667 Kambič is a main belt asteroid
with an orbital period
of 1215.4547092 days (3.33 years).
The asteroid was discovered on October 8, 1999. It is named after Bojan Kambič, the founder and editor of the first Slovenian astronomical magazine Spika (Spica
).
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
with an orbital period
Orbital period
The orbital period is the time taken for a given object to make one complete orbit about another object.When mentioned without further qualification in astronomy this refers to the sidereal period of an astronomical object, which is calculated with respect to the stars.There are several kinds of...
of 1215.4547092 days (3.33 years).
The asteroid was discovered on October 8, 1999. It is named after Bojan Kambič, the founder and editor of the first Slovenian astronomical magazine Spika (Spica
Spica
Spica is the brightest star in the constellation Virgo, and the 15th brightest star in the nighttime sky. It is 260 light years distant from Earth...
).