7866 Sicoli
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. Bowell |
| Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Stn. |
| Discovery date | 13 October 1982 |
| Designations | |
| (7866) Sicoli | |
Named after | Piero Sicoli (discoverer of minor planets) |
| 1982 TK · 1954 CT 1959 OD | |
| main-belt · Nysa | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 63.01 yr (23,016 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.9392 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.9165 AU |
| 2.4279 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2106 |
| 3.78 yr (1,382 days) | |
| 112.12° | |
| 0° 15m 37.8s / day | |
| Inclination | 3.4801° |
| 77.978° | |
| 253.20° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 5.604±0.199 km 6.34 km (calculated) |
| 0.21 (assumed) 0.2455±0.0504 0.246±0.050 | |
| S | |
| 13.28±0.28 · 13.3 · 13.4 | |
7866 Sicoli, provisional designation 1982 TK, is a stony Nysa asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 13 October 1982, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Lowell's Anderson Mesa Station near Flagstaff, Arizona. The asteroid was named after Italian astronomer Piero Sicoli.