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116 Sirona

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Sirona (minor planet designation: 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. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 23 relations: Asteroid, Asteroid belt, Celtic mythology, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters, Degree (angle), Ecliptic, Healing, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Julian day, Julian year (astronomy), Kelvin, Light curve, Magnitude (astronomy), Minor-planet designation, Orbital eccentricity, Orbital inclination, Orbital period, Orbital plane, Photometry (astronomy), S-type asteroid, Silicon dioxide, Sirona (goddess), Sun.

  2. Astronomical objects discovered in 1871
  3. Discoveries by Christian Peters
  4. Sk-type asteroids (SMASS)

Asteroid

An asteroid is a minor planet—an object that is neither a true planet nor an identified comet— that orbits within the inner Solar System.

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Asteroid belt

The asteroid belt is a torus-shaped region in the Solar System, centered on the Sun and roughly spanning the space between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars.

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Celtic mythology

Celtic mythology is the body of myths belonging to the Celtic peoples.

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Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters

Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (September 19, 1813 – July 18, 1890) was a German–American astronomer and professor at Hamilton College, New York, and a pioneer in the study and visual discovery of asteroids. 116 Sirona and Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters are Discoveries by Christian Peters.

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Degree (angle)

A degree (in full, a degree of arc, arc degree, or arcdegree), usually denoted by ° (the degree symbol), is a measurement of a plane angle in which one full rotation is 360 degrees.

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Ecliptic

The ecliptic or ecliptic plane is the orbital plane of Earth around the Sun.

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Healing

With physical trauma or disease suffered by an organism, healing involves the repairing of damaged tissue(s), organs and the biological system as a whole and resumption of (normal) functioning.

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) in La Cañada Flintridge, California, Crescenta Valley, United States.

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Julian day

The Julian day is the continuous count of days since the beginning of the Julian period, and is used primarily by astronomers, and in software for easily calculating elapsed days between two events (e.g. food production date and sell by date).

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Julian year (astronomy)

In astronomy, a Julian year (symbol: a or aj) is a unit of measurement of time defined as exactly 365.25 days of SI seconds each.

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Kelvin

The kelvin, symbol K, is the base unit of measurement for temperature in the International System of Units (SI).

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Light curve

In astronomy, a light curve is a graph of the light intensity of a celestial object or region as a function of time, typically with the magnitude of light received on the y-axis and with time on the x-axis.

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Magnitude (astronomy)

In astronomy, magnitude is measure of the brightness of an object, usually in a defined passband.

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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).

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Orbital eccentricity

In astrodynamics, the orbital eccentricity of an astronomical object is a dimensionless parameter that determines the amount by which its orbit around another body deviates from a perfect circle.

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Orbital inclination

Orbital inclination measures the tilt of an object's orbit around a celestial body.

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Orbital period

The orbital period (also revolution period) is the amount of time a given astronomical object takes to complete one orbit around another object.

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Orbital plane

The orbital plane of a revolving body is the geometric plane in which its orbit lies.

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Photometry (astronomy)

In astronomy, photometry, from Greek photo- ("light") and -metry ("measure"), is a technique used in astronomy that is concerned with measuring the flux or intensity of light radiated by astronomical objects.

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S-type asteroid

S-type asteroids are asteroids with a spectral type that is indicative of a siliceous (i.e. stony) mineralogical composition, hence the name.

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Silicon dioxide

Silicon dioxide, also known as silica, is an oxide of silicon with the chemical formula, commonly found in nature as quartz.

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Sirona (goddess)

In Celtic polytheism, Sirona was a goddess worshipped predominantly in East Central Gaul and along the Danubian limes.

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Sun

The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.

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See also

Astronomical objects discovered in 1871

Discoveries by Christian Peters

Sk-type asteroids (SMASS)

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/116_Sirona

Also known as (116) Sirona, A871 RA.