1166 Sakuntala
asteroid
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Summary
1166 Sakuntala is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 34 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Praskov′ja Georgievna Parchomenko[3]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Simeiz Observatory[4]
- Named after: Śakuntalā[5]
- Follows: 1165 Imprinetta[6]
- Followed by: 1167 Dubiago[7]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[8]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[9]
- Provisional designation: 1930 MA[10], 1962 KA[11]
- Time of discovery or invention: June 27, 1930[12]
- Significant event: naming[13]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.2070108[14], 0.2093339[15], 0.2092135601358087[16]
- Absolute magnitude: 10.3[17], 10.61[18]
- Orbital inclination: 18.92445 degree[19], 18.9459450356713 degree[20]
- Orbital period: 4.04 years[21], 1475.981199898135 day[22]
- Rotation period: 6.2918 hour[23]
- Longitude of ascending node: 106.69014 degree[24], 106.6135888861544 degree[25]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.5345469 astronomical unit[26], 2.537006612976638 astronomical unit[27]
- Apoapsis: 3.065 astronomical unit[28], 3.06778279856557 astronomical unit[29]
- Periapsis: 2.0039804 astronomical unit[30], 2.006230427387706 astronomical unit[31]
- Argument of periapsis: 189.90328 degree[32], 190.5132665816484 degree[33]
- Mean anomaly: 226.23255 degree[34], 188.9119886283506 degree[35]
- Diameter: 26.011 km[36]
- Albedo: 0.6460[37], 0.286[38]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[39]
- Time of periapsis: 2461701.9519119794 Julian day[40]
Why It Matters
1166 Sakuntala is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]