34 Circe

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34 Circe
Circean orbital characteristics 1
Orbit type Main belt
Semimajor axis 2.686 AU
Perihelion distance 2.394 AU
Aphelion distance 2.978 AU
Orbital period 4.40 years
Inclination 5.50°
Eccentricity 0.109
Circean physical characteristics 1
Diameter 113.5 km
Rotation period 3 12.15 hours
Spectral class C
Abs. magnitude 8.51
Albedo 4 0.054
History 2
Discoverer J. Chacornac, 1855

34 Circe (sir'-see (key)) is a large, very dark main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by J. Chacornac on April 6, 1855 and named after Circe, a goddess in Greek mythology.

[edit] Aspects

Stationary,
retrograde		 Opposition Distance to
Earth (AU)		 Maximum
brightness (mag)		 Stationary,
prograde		 Conjunction
to Sun
29 March 2005 13 May 2005 1.59022 11.9 1 July 2005 4 January 2006
27 June 2006 20 August 2006 1.96308 12.6 9 October 2006 28 March 2007
1 October 2007 17 November 2007 1.72352 12.1 5 January 2008 15 July 2008
7 February 2009 22 March 2009 1.42581 11.3 5 May 2009 27 November 2009
23 May 2010 15 July 2010 1.87504 12.5 4 September 2010 23 February 2011
21 August 2011 10 October 2011 1.88988 12.3 29 November 2011 24 May 2012
11 December 2012 25 January 2013 1.44811 11.6 10 March 2013 9 October 2013
17 April 2014 5 June 2014 1.69290 12.1 25 July 2014 21 January 2015
15 July 2015 6 September 2015 1.96563 12.5 25 October 2015 13 April 2016
21 October 2016 6 December 2016 1.62626 12.0 24 January 2017 12 August 2017
5 March 2018 17 April 2018 1.48849 11.6 2 June 2018 16 December 2018
9 June 2019 2 August 2019 1.93068 12.5 21 September 2019 10 March 2020
8 September 2020 27 October 2020 1.81938 12.3 16 December 2020 17 June 2021


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