- Source: 116 Sirona
116 Sirona is a somewhat large and bright-colored main-belt asteroid that was discovered by the German-American astronomer C. H. F. Peters on September 8, 1871, and named after Sirona, the Celtic goddess of healing.
This body is orbiting the Sun with a period of 4.60 years and an eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.14. The orbital plane is inclined by 3.56° to the plane of the ecliptic. The cross-section diameter of this object is ~72 km. Photometric observations of this asteroid gave a light curve with a period of 12.028 hours and a brightness variation of 0.42 in magnitude. It has the spectrum of an S-type asteroid, suggesting a siliceous composition.
References
External links
116 Sirona at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
116 Sirona at the JPL Small-Body Database
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Daftar planet minor/101–200
- Daftar planet minor: 1–1000
- Daftar perusahaan Amerika Serikat
- 116 Sirona
- Sirona
- 116
- Sirona (goddess)
- 115 Thyra
- 117 Lomia
- Meanings of minor-planet names: 1–1000
- List of minor planets: 1–1000
- Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters
- 230 Athamantis
