Discovery date 5 February 1929 Orbital period 1,527 days Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Observation arc 87.15 yr (31833 days) Discovered 5 February 1929 Discoverer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth | |
Discovered by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg (024) Aphelion 2.9243752 AU (437.48030 Gm) Perihelion 2.2673946 AU (339.19740 Gm) Semi-major axis 2.5958849 AU (388.33885 Gm) Discovery site Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl Similar 1111 Reinmuthia, 1102 Pepita, 1056 Azalea, Asteroid belt, Sun | ||
1106 Cydonia /sᵻˈdoʊniə/ is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth on February 5, 1929, at Heidelberg, Germany. Its provisional designation was 1929 CW. It was named after a type of tree, the quince, belonging to the apple family.
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