1094 Siberia
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Sergei Ivanovich Belyavsky |
| Discovery date | 12 February 1926 |
| Designations | |
Named after | Siberia |
| 1926 CB | |
| Main Belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 29505 days (80.78 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.88527 AU (431.630 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.2056794 AU (329.96494 Gm) |
| 2.545473 AU (380.7973 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1334893 |
| 4.06 yr (1483.4 d) | |
| 75.179657° | |
| 0.24268975°/day | |
| Inclination | 14.0284513° |
| 149.1456584° | |
| 310.5262731° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.24703 AU (186.553 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.27643 AU (340.549 Gm) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 18 km |
Mean radius | 9.025 ± 0.5 km |
| 21.15 h (0.881 d) | |
| 0.0943 ± 0.011 | |
| 11.7 | |
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1094 Siberia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Initially it received the designation 1926 CB. It is a member of the Eunomia family
1094 Siberia in fiction
1094 Siberia is mentioned briefly in John Varley's science fiction novel Rolling Thunder, where it is described as "an escape-proof prison" of the Republic of Mars.
See also
References
- ↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1094 Siberia (1926 CB)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
External links
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