332 Siri is a
main belt
The asteroid belt is a torus-shaped region in the Solar System, centered on the Sun and roughly spanning the space between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars. It contains a great many solid, irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids ...
asteroid
An asteroid is a minor planet—an object larger than a meteoroid that is neither a planet nor an identified comet—that orbits within the Solar System#Inner Solar System, inner Solar System or is co-orbital with Jupiter (Trojan asteroids). As ...
in orbit around the Sun. It was discovered by German astronomer
Max Wolf
Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf (21 June 1863 – 3 October 1932) was a German astronomer and a pioneer in the field of astrophotography. He was the chairman of astronomy at the University of Heidelberg and director of the Heidelberg-Kà ...
on 19 March 1892 in
Heidelberg
Heidelberg (; ; ) is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fifth-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, and with a population of about 163,000, of which roughly a quarter consists of studen ...
.
The origin of this asteroid's name is unclear. On October 5, 2092, 332 Siri will pass from the asteroid
29 Amphitrite
29 Amphitrite is one of the largest S-type asteroids, approximately in diameter, and probably fifth largest after 15 Eunomia, Eunomia, 3 Juno, Juno, 7 Iris, Iris and 532 Herculina, Herculina.
Discovery
Amphitrite was discovered by Albert Mart ...
with a relative velocity of 2.054 kilometers per second.
References
External links
Lightcurve plot of 332 Siri Palmer Divide Observatory,
B. D. Warner (2008)
Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB) query form
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Dictionary of Minor Planet Names Google books
– Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
– Minor Planet Center
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Discoveries by Max Wolf
Named minor planets
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