332 Siri is a main belt asteroid in orbit around the Sun. It was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on 19 March 1892 in Heidelberg.[2] The origin of this asteroid’s name is unclear. On October 5, 2092, 332 Siri will pass 4,981,670 km (3,095,470 mi) from the asteroid 29 Amphitrite with a relative velocity of 2.054 kilometers per second.[1]
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Max Wolf |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 19 March 1892 |
| Designations | |
| (332) Siri | |
| A896 BA, A922 XA | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 124.05 yr (45308 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.0216 AU (452.02 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.5269 AU (378.02 Gm) |
| 2.7742 AU (415.01 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.089172 |
| 4.62 yr (1687.8 d) | |
| 186.290° | |
| 0° 12m 47.88s / day | |
| Inclination | 2.8473° |
| 31.575° | |
| 296.463° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 40.37±1.8 km |
| 8.0074 h (0.33364 d) | |
| 0.1719±0.017 | |
| 9.7,[1] 9.65[2] | |
- ^ a b c “332 Siri”. JPL Small-Body Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. SPK-ID: 332. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ a b Warner, Brian D. (December 2007), “Initial Results of a Dedicated H-G Project”, The Minor Planet Bulletin, vol. 34, pp. 113–119, Bibcode:2007MPBu…34..113W.
- Lightcurve plot of 332 Siri, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2008)
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 332 Siri at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 332 Siri at the JPL Small-Body Database
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