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1116 Catriona

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Discovered by
  
C. Jackson

MPC designation
  
1116 Catriona

Observation arc
  
108.27 yr (39544 days)

Orbits
  
Sun

Named after
  
Robert Louis Stevenson

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Discovery date
  
5 April 1929

Minor planet category
  
main-belt

Discovered
  
5 April 1929

Discoverer
  
Cyril Jackson

Discovery site
  
Union Observatory

Alternative names
  
1929 GD · 1926 RQ A908 AC

Similar
  
1111 Reinmuthia, 1102 Pepita, Sun

1116 Catriona is a main-belt asteroid orbiting the Sun at a distance of 2.25 to 3.59 AU. It was discovered by Cyril Jackson on April 5, 1929, at Johannesburg Union Observatory, South Africa. Its provisional designation was 1929 GD. The relatively bright asteroid is approximately 39 kilometers in diameter and completes one revolution once every 5.00 years.

It was probably named after Catriona, the 1893-novel by Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (1850–1894), Scottish poet, novelist, and travel writer.

References

1116 Catriona Wikipedia