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Asteroid (386) Siegena is at opposition on the 6th July 2014.

Magnitude: 11.9
Distance to Sun: 2.93 AU
Distance to Earth: 1.99 AU



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Very large main-belt asteroid (386) Siegena was discovered by Max Wolf on March 1, 1894, in Heidelberg. The asteroid has an average diameter of about 165.01 km. It has an orbit characterised by a semi-major axis equal to 2.8941017 AU and an eccentricity of 0.1729483, with an inclination with respect to the ecliptic of 20.25597°.  

Characteristics
Spectral classC
Albedo0.0692
Alternative DesignationAY 1894
Aphelion3.395 AU
Perihelion2.394 AU
Semi-major axis2.8941017 AU
Inclination20.25597°
Eccentricity0.1729483
Longitude of ascending node166.93913°
Argument of perihelion220.09932°
Mean anomaly105.90732°
Orbital period1798.783 days
Average diameter165.01 km
Period of rotation9.763 hours
Absolute Magnitude 7.43
Mean density3.14 ±0.76 g/cm3

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