Discovered by J. Chacornac Alternative names 1965 JL Aphelion 2.967739 AU Discovered 6 April 1855 | Discovery date April 6, 1855 Minor planet category Main belt Perihelion 2.406230 AU Discoverer Jean Chacornac Discovery site Paris Observatory | |
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34 Circe (/ˈsɜːrsiː/ SUR-see) is a large, very dark main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by French astronomer J. Chacornac on April 6, 1855, and named after Circe, a goddess in Greek mythology.
Photometric observations of this asteroid made during 2007 at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico gave an asymmetrical bimodal light curve with a period of 12.176 ± 0.002 hours and a brightness variation of 0.17 ± 0.02 in magnitude.
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