7866 Sicoli

7866 Sicoli
Discovery [1]
Discovered byE. Bowell
Discovery siteAnderson Mesa Stn.
Discovery date13 October 1982
Designations
(7866) Sicoli
Named after
Piero Sicoli
(discoverer of minor planets)[2]
1982 TK · 1954 CT
1959 OD
main-belt · Nysa [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc63.01 yr (23,016 days)
Aphelion2.9392 AU
Perihelion1.9165 AU
2.4279 AU
Eccentricity0.2106
3.78 yr (1,382 days)
112.12°
0° 15m 37.8s / day
Inclination3.4801°
77.978°
253.20°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions5.604±0.199 km[4][5]
6.34 km (calculated)[3]
0.21 (assumed)[3]
0.2455±0.0504[5]
0.246±0.050[4]
S [3]
13.28±0.28[6] · 13.3[1][3] · 13.4[5]

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.[7] The asteroid was named after Italian astronomer Piero Sicoli.[2]

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