Discovered by G. Neujmin MPC designation 1189 Terentia Discovered 17 September 1930 Orbits Sun Discovery site Simeiz Observatory | Discovery date 17 September 1930 Minor planet category main-belt Absolute magnitude 9.9 Discoverer Grigory Neujmin Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Named after Lidiya Terent'eva
(orbit computer) Alternative names 1930 SG · 1935 SK2
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1189 Terentia, provisional designation 1930 SG, is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 17, 1930, by Russian astronomer Grigory Neujmin at the Crimean Simeiz Observatory. The carbonaceous asteroid, classified as Ch-type in the SMASS taxonomy system, measures about 56 kilometers in diameter.
It was named after Lidiya Terent'eva (1879–1933), female collaborator at the Simeis Observatory.
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