1116 Catriona
Shape model of Catriona from its lightcurve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. Jackson |
| Discovery site | Johannesburg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 5 April 1929 |
| Designations | |
| (1116) Catriona | |
Named after | Catriona (novel by Robert Louis Stevenson) |
| 1929 GD · 1926 RQ A908 AC | |
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| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 109.01 yr (39,815 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.5946 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.2522 AU |
| 2.9234 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2296 |
| 5.00 yr (1,826 days) | |
| 348.27° | |
| 0° 11m 49.92s / day | |
| Inclination | 16.523° |
| 356.52° | |
| 82.666° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 36.71±0.53 km 38.741±0.281 km 39.02 km (derived) 39.04 km 39.12±0.7 km 41.010±0.396 km |
| 8.83±0.01 h 8.832 h 10.49 h 12.06 h | |
| 0.1395 (derived) 0.1397±0.0214 0.1419 0.1522±0.006 0.155±0.025 0.175±0.006 | |
| C | |
| 9.70 · 9.78 · 9.8 | |
1116 Catriona (prov. designation: 1929 GD) is a carbonaceous asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 39 kilometers (24 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 5 April 1929 by South African astronomer Cyril Jackson at the Union Observatory in Johannesburg. The asteroid was likely named after the 1893-novel Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson.