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Discovery
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| Discovered by | Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg (024) |
| Discovery date | February 5, 1929 |
| Epoch October 27, 2007 (JD 2454400.5) TDB | |
| Aphelion | 2.9214622 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.2728472 AU |
| Semi-major axis | 2.5971547 AU) |
| Eccentricity | 0.1248703 |
| Orbital period | 1528.7805682 d (4.19 a) |
| Mean anomaly | 258.07524° |
| Inclination | 13.09833° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 328.47956° |
| Argument of perihelion | 228.68899° |
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Physical characteristics
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| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.0 |
1106 Cydonia is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth on February 5, 1929 at Heidelberg, Germany. Its provisional designation was 1929 CW. It was named after a type of tree, the quince, belonging to the apple family.[2]
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