116 Sirona

Summary

116 Sirona is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 116 Sirona is credited with the discovery of Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters^[3].
• 116 Sirona's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 116 Sirona's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Litchfield Observatory^[5].
• Sirona is named after 116 Sirona^[6].
• 116 Sirona's follows is recorded as 115 Thyra^[7].
• 116 Sirona's followed by is recorded as 117 Lomia^[8].
• 116 Sirona's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 116 Sirona's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Sirona symbol (fixed width).svg^[10].
• 116 Sirona's Commons category is recorded as 116 Sirona^[11].
• 116 Sirona's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 116 Sirona's provisional designation is recorded as 1954 UC3^[13].
• 116 Sirona's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 EK13^[14].
• 116 Sirona's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 ES21^[15].
• 116 Sirona's provisional designation is recorded as A871 RA^[16].
• 116 Sirona's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1871-09-08T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 116 Sirona's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/037661^[18].
• 116 Sirona's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000116^[19].
• 116 Sirona's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[20].
• 116 Sirona's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 116 Sirona's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1380526927524999'}^[22].
• 116 Sirona's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.78'}^[23].
• 116 Sirona's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.569'}^[24].
• 116 Sirona's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.561361781343828'}^[25].
• 116 Sirona's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q2612219', 'amount': '+390'}^[26].
• 116 Sirona's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1682.444529498997'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

116 Sirona's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Sirona is named after 116 Sirona^[6].

Why It Matters

116 Sirona ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]