| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | A. Kopff |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 3 November 1905 |
| Designations | |
| (579) Sidonia | |
| Pronunciation | /saɪˈdoʊniə/[1] |
| 1905 SD | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 109.22 yr (39891 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.2535 AU (486.72 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.7680 AU (414.09 Gm) |
| 3.0107 AU (450.39 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.080631 |
| 5.22 yr (1908.1 d) | |
| 161.100° | |
| 0° 11m 19.212s / day | |
| Inclination | 11.009° |
| 82.737° | |
| 228.785° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 42.785±1.1 km | |
| 16.286 h (0.6786 d) | |
| 0.1748±0.009 | |
| 8.07[3] 7.85[2] | |
579 Sidonia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by the German astronomer August Kopff on November 3, 1905. It was named after a character in Christoph Willibald Gluck's opera Armide. The name may have been inspired by the asteroid's provisional designation 1905 SD.
This is a member of the dynamic Eos family of asteroids that most likely formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.[4]
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