Discovered by K. Reinmuth MPC designation 1016 Anitra Minor planet category main-belt Orbits Sun Asteroid family Flora family | Discovery date 31 January 1924 Alternative names 1924 QG · 1929 TE1 Discovered 31 January 1924 Discoverer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Named after fictional character
in drama Peer Gynt Discovery site Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl Similar 1056 Azalea, 1002 Olbersia, 1001 Gaussia, 1111 Reinmuthia, 1207 Ostenia | ||
1016 Anitra, provisional designation 1924 QG, is a main-belt asteroid discovered by German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory on January 31, 1924.
The asteroid is probably named after the Arabian dancer Anitra, daughter of a Bedouin chief in Henrik Ibsen's drama Peer Gynt. The Norwegian Edvard Grieg composed the Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 of which one of the pieces is called "Anitra's Dance".
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