1094 Siberia

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

    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

    1. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1094 Siberia (1926 CB)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 26 March 2016.

    External links


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