116 Sirona is a somewhat large and bright-colored main-belt asteroid that was discovered by the German-American astronomer C. H. F. Peters on September 8, 1871, and named after Sirona, the Celtic goddess of healing. This body is orbiting the Sun with a period of 4.60 years and an eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.14.
116 Sirona is a somewhat large and bright-colored main-belt asteroid that was discovered by the German-American astronomer C. H. F. Peters on September 8, 1871, and named after Sirona, the Celtic goddess of healing. This body is orbiting the Sun with a period of 4.60 years and an eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.14.
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