106_Dione

106 Dione

106 Dione

Main-belt asteroid

Not to be confused with Saturn's moon Dione.

Dione (minor planet designation: 106 Dione) is a large main-belt asteroid. It probably has a composition similar to 1 Ceres. It was discovered by J. C. Watson on October 10, 1868,[6] and named after Dione, a Titaness in Greek mythology who was sometimes said to have been the mother of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty. It is listed as a member of the Hecuba group of asteroids that orbit near the 2:1 mean-motion resonance with Jupiter.[7] The orbital period for this object is 5.66 years and it has an eccentricity of 0.17.

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Measurements made with the IRAS observatory give a diameter of 169.92±7.86 km and a geometric albedo of 0.07±0.01. By comparison, the MIPS photometer on the Spitzer Space Telescope gives a diameter of 168.72±8.89 km and a geometric albedo of 0.07±0.01. Dione was observed to occult a dim star on January 19, 1983, by observers in Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands. A diameter of 147±3 km was deduced,[8] closely matching the value acquired by the IRAS satellite.[citation needed] As of 2012, the mean diameter derived through occultation measurements is 176.7±0.4 km.[9]

Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2004–2005 show a rotation period of 16.26±0.02 hours with a brightness variation of 0.08±0.02 magnitude.[4] It is classified as a rare G-type asteroid, suggesting it has a carbonaceous composition with phyllosilicate minerals also being detected.

One of Saturn's satellites is also named Dione.

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    Pray, Donald P. (September 2005), "Lightcurve analysis of asteroids 106, 752, 847, 1057, 1630, 1670, 1927 1936, 2426, 2612, 2647, 4087, 5635, 5692, and 6235", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 32 (3): 48–51, Bibcode:2005MPBu...32...48P.
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