1196 Sheba
Main-belt asteroid
title: "1196 Sheba" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["background-asteroids", "discoveries-by-cyril-jackson-(astronomer)", "named-minor-planets", "queen-of-sheba", "x-type-asteroids-(smass)", "astronomical-objects-discovered-in-1931"] description: "Main-belt asteroid" topic_path: "general/background-asteroids" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1196_Sheba" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Main-belt asteroid ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox planet"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| minorplanet | yes |
| name | 1196 Sheba |
| background | #D6D6D6 |
| discovery_ref | |
| discovered | 21 May 1931 |
| discoverer | C. Jackson |
| discovery_site | Johannesburg Obs. |
| mpc_name | (1196) Sheba |
| alt_names | 1931 KEA912 BB |
| pronounced | |
| named_after | Queen of Sheba |
| (Biblical figure) | |
| mp_category | main-belt(middle) |
| orbit_ref | |
| epoch | 16 February 2017 (JD 2457800.5) |
| uncertainty | 0 |
| observation_arc | 105.12 yr (38,396 days) |
| aphelion | 3.1303 AU |
| perihelion | 2.1806 AU |
| semimajor | 2.6554 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1788 |
| period | 4.33 yr (1,581 days) |
| mean_anomaly | 198.47° |
| mean_motion | / day |
| inclination | 17.652° |
| asc_node | 100.84° |
| arg_peri | 262.18° |
| dimensions | km |
| rotation | 6.319 h |
| albedo | |
| spectral_type | SMASS = XX |
| abs_magnitude | 10.26 (IRAS:19) |
| :: |
| minorplanet = yes | name = 1196 Sheba | background = #D6D6D6 | image = | caption = | discovery_ref = | discovered = 21 May 1931 | discoverer = C. Jackson | discovery_site = Johannesburg Obs. | mpc_name = (1196) Sheba | alt_names = 1931 KEA912 BB | pronounced = | named_after = Queen of Sheba (Biblical figure) | mp_category = main-belt(middle) | orbit_ref = | epoch = 16 February 2017 (JD 2457800.5) | uncertainty = 0 | observation_arc = 105.12 yr (38,396 days) | aphelion = 3.1303 AU | perihelion = 2.1806 AU | semimajor = 2.6554 AU | eccentricity = 0.1788 | period = 4.33 yr (1,581 days) | mean_anomaly = 198.47° | mean_motion = / day | inclination = 17.652° | asc_node = 100.84° | arg_peri = 262.18° | dimensions = km | rotation = 6.319 h | albedo = | spectral_type = SMASS = XX | abs_magnitude = 10.26 (IRAS:19)
1196 Sheba, provisional designation , is a metallic asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 25 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 21 May 1931 by astronomer Cyril Jackson at Johannesburg Observatory, South Africa.
Sheba is a metallic X-type asteroid and orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.2–3.1 AU once every 4 years and 4 months (1,581 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.18 and an inclination of 18° with respect to the ecliptic. It was first identified as at Heidelberg Observatory in 1912. The body's observation arc, however, begins at Johannesburg, four months after its official discovery observation.
This minor planet was named after the biblical Queen of Sheba, who visited King Solomon. Naming citation was first published by Paul Herget in The Names of the Minor Planets in 1955 (H 111).
References
|type = 2017-03-04 last obs. |title = JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1196 Sheba (1931 KE) |url = https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2001196 |publisher = Jet Propulsion Laboratory |accessdate = 20 March 2017}}
|title = Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1196) Sheba |last = Schmadel | first = Lutz D. |publisher = Springer Berlin Heidelberg |page = 100 |date = 2007 |isbn = 978-3-540-00238-3 |doi = 10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1197 |chapter = (1196) Sheba }}
|title = 1196 Sheba (1931 KE) |work = Minor Planet Center |url = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=1196 |accessdate = 20 March 2017}}
|title = LCDB Data for (1196) Sheba |publisher = Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB) |url = https://www.minorplanet.info/PHP/generateOneAsteroidInfo.php?AstInfo=1196%7CSheba |accessdate = 20 March 2017}}
|author = Masiero, Joseph R. |author2 = Mainzer, A. K. |author3 = Grav, T. |author4 = Bauer, J. M. |author5 = Cutri, R. M. |author6 = Nugent, C. |author7 = Cabrera, M. S. |date = November 2012 |title = Preliminary Analysis of WISE/NEOWISE 3-Band Cryogenic and Post-cryogenic Observations of Main Belt Asteroids |url = https://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2012ApJ...759L...8M |journal = The Astrophysical Journal Letters |volume = 759 |issue = 1 |page = 5 |bibcode = 2012ApJ...759L...8M |doi = 10.1088/2041-8205/759/1/L8 |arxiv = 1209.5794 |s2cid = 46350317 |access-date= 23 August 2016}}
References
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