1094 Siberia

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1094 Siberia
Discovery A
Discoverer Sergei Ivanovich Belyavsky
Discovery date February 12, 1926
Alternate
designations
B
1926 CB
Category Main Belt
Orbital elements C
Epoch JD 2445600.5
Eccentricity (e) 0.1353574
Semi-major axis (a)
Perihelion (q) 2.2006146 AU
Aphelion (Q)
Orbital period (P)
Mean orbital speed
Inclination (i) 13.9757489°
Longitude of the
ascending node
(Ω)
148.7884786°
Argument of
perihelion
(ω)
307.7616057°
Mean anomaly (M)
Physical characteristics D
Dimensions 18 km
Mass
Density
Surface gravity
Escape velocity
Rotation period
Spectral class
Absolute magnitude 11.90
Albedo (geometric) 0.15
Mean surface
temperature
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1094 Siberia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Initially it received the designation 1926 CB. It is now named after Siberia. The numerical designation indicates this was the 1094th asteroid discovered.

[edit] 1094 Siberia in fiction

1094 Siberia is mentioned briefly in John Varley's science fiction novel Rolling Thunder, where it is described as "an escape-proof prison" of the Republic of Mars.

[edit] See also

List of asteroids/1001–2000

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