1094 Siberia
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Discovery A | |
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Discoverer | Sergei Ivanovich Belyavsky |
Discovery date | February 12, 1926 |
Alternate designations B |
1926 CB |
Category | Main Belt |
Orbital elements C | |
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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.
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