665 Sabine is a
minor planet
According to the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun that is exclusively classified as neither a planet nor a comet. Before 2006, the IAU officially used the term ''minor ...
orbiting the
Sun that was discovered by German astronomer
Wilhelm Lorenz on July 22, 1908.
observations of this asteroid at the Oakley Observatory in
Terre Haute, Indiana
Terre Haute ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, about 5 miles east of the state's western border with Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 60,785 and its metropolitan area had a ...
during 2006 gave a
light curve with a period of 4.294 ± 0.001 hours and a brightness variation of 0.50 ± 0.04 in
magnitude.
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