Fatme

Background asteroid

866 Fatme (prov. designation: A917 DG or 1917 BQ) is a large background asteroid, approximately 86 kilometers (53 miles) in diameter, located in the outer region of the asteroid belt. It was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory on 25 February 1917. The X-type asteroid has a short rotation period of 5.8 hours. It was named after "Fatme", a character in the opera Abu Hassan by Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826). Orbit and classification. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/866_Fatme

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