Discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth Discovery date 9 December 1928 Alternative names 1928 XA Orbital period 1,559 days Orbits Sun Discoverer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth | Discovery site Heidelberg MPC designation 1108 Observation arc 87.29 yr (31883 days) Discovered 9 December 1928 Named after Lilac | |
Similar 1111 Reinmuthia, 1862 Apollo, Sun, 1419 Danzig, 1056 Azalea | ||
1104 Syringa (1928 XA) is a Main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl in Heidelberg, Germany, on December 9, 1928. It was named after Syringa (Lilac), the genus of flowering woody plants in the olive family (Oleaceae).
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