- 1116 Catriona
Infobox Planet | discovery= yes | physical_characteristics = yes | bgcolour=#FFFFC0
name=1116 Catrionacite web | title="JPL Small-Body Database Browser" | url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1116 | accessdate= October 9 | accessyear= 2007 ]
discoverer=Jackson, C. at Johannesburg
discovered=April 5 ,1929
epoch=October 27 ,2007 (JD 2454400.5) TDB
semimajor=2.9230396 AU
perihelion=2.2503991 AU
aphelion=3.5956801 AU
eccentricity=0.2301168
period=1825.3682376 d (5.00 a)
inclination=16.53085°
asc_node=356.59212°
arg_peri=83.15873°
mean_anomaly=357.34488°
dimensions=39.12 km
rotation=8.832 h
abs_magnitude=9.70
albedo=0.15221116 Catriona is a
main belt asteroid orbiting theSun . It was discovered by Cyril Jackson onApril 5 ,1929 atJohannesburg ,South Africa . Its provisional designation was 1929 GD. It was probably named after the1893 novel byRobert Louis Balfour Stevenson , a Scottish poet, novelist, and travel writer. [cite book |last= Schmadel |first= Lutz D. |title= Dictionary of Minor Planet Names |publisher= Springer |year= 2003 |isbn= 3540002383 ] It is approximately 39km in diameter and completes one revolution around the Sun once every 5 years.References
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