1116 Catriona
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| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. Jackson |
| Discovery site | Johannesburg (UO) |
| Discovery date | 5 April 1929 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1116 Catriona |
|
Named after
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Robert Louis Stevenson[2] |
| 1929 GD · 1926 RQ A908 AC |
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| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 107.35 yr (39,210 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.5949 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.2501 AU |
| 2.9225 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2300 |
| 5.00 yr (1824.9 days) | |
| 190.47° | |
| Inclination | 16.523° |
| 356.52° | |
| 82.728° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.3344 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 39.1 km |
| 8.832 h | |
| 0.1522 | |
| 9.8 | |
1116 Catriona is a main-belt asteroid orbiting the Sun at a distance of 2.25 to 3.59 AU. It was discovered by Cyril Jackson on April 5, 1929, at Johannesburg Union Observatory, South Africa. Its provisional designation was 1929 GD. The relatively bright asteroid is approximately 39 kilometers in diameter and completes one revolution once every 5.00 years.[1]
It was probably named after Catriona, the 1893-novel by Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (1850–1894), Scottish poet, novelist, and travel writer.[2]
References
External links
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- 1116 Catriona at the JPL Small-Body Database
