Sirona (
minor planet designation
A formal minor-planet designation is, in its final form, a number–name combination given to a minor planet (asteroid, centaur, trans-Neptunian object and dwarf planet but not comet). Such designation always features a leading number (catalog or ...
: 116 Sirona) is a somewhat large and bright-colored
main-belt asteroid
An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere.
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that was discovered by the German-American astronomer
C. H. F. Peters
Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (September 19, 1813 – July 18, 1890) was a German–American university teacher and astronomer at the Litchfield Observatory of Hamilton College, New York, and a pioneer in the study and visual discovery of ...
on September 8, 1871, and named after
Sirona, the
Celtic
Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to:
Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
* Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Fo ...
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
Incline, inclined, inclining, or inclination may refer to:
*Grade (slope), the tilt, steepness, or angle from horizontal of a topographic feature (hillside, meadow, etc.) or constructed element (road, railway, field, etc.)
*Slope, the tilt, steepn ...
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
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Discoveries by Christian Peters
Named minor planets
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