Discovered by J. Palisa Minor planet category Main belt Aphelion 3.7708 AU (564.10 Gm) Discovered 8 February 1878 Spectral type S-type asteroid Discovery site Pola Observatory | Discovery date 8 February 1878 Observation arc 110.15 yr (40232 d) Perihelion 1.8115 AU (271.00 Gm) Orbits Sun Discoverer Johann Palisa Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
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Similar 188 Menippe, 142 Polana, 182 Elsa, 242 Kriemhild, 192 Nausikaa | ||
183 Istria is a stony main belt asteroid that was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on February 8, 1878, from Pula, Croatia, and named after the Istrian peninsula, which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and is where the city of Pula is situated.
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