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502 Sigune

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Discovered by
  
Max Wolf

Alternative names
  
1903 LC

Aphelion
  
2.8101 AU (420.38 Gm)

Discovered
  
19 January 1903

Orbits
  
Sun

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Discovery date
  
19 January 1903

Observation arc
  
112.94 yr (41251 d)

Perihelion
  
1.9546 AU (292.40 Gm)

Absolute magnitude
  
10.77

Discoverer
  
Max Wolf

Discovery site
  
Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory

Max Wolf discoveries
  
509 Iolanda, 528 Rezia, 540 Rosamunde

502 Sigune is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Like 501 Urhixidur and 500 Selinur, it is named after a character in Friedrich Theodor Vischer's then-bestseller satirical novel Auch Einer.

References

502 Sigune Wikipedia