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.
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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Dione (minor planet designation: 106Dione) is a large main-belt asteroid. It probably has a composition similar to 1 Ceres. It was discovered by J. C...
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of Jupiter, named 1614 and 85 Io, discovered 1865 Dione, a moon of Saturn, named 1847 and 106Dione, discovered 1868 Rhea, a moon of Saturn, named 1847...
nymphs. Several other asteroids were named for other of the Hyades – 106Dione, 158 Koronis, 217 Eudora, and 308 Polyxo. "322 Phaeo". Minor Planet Center...
(July 2017). "Rotation Period Determinations for 49 Pales, 96 Aegle, 106Dione 375 Ursula, and 576 Emanuela". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 44 (3): 249–251...
This is a list of named geological features on Dione, a moon of Saturn. Dionean geological features are named after people and places in Roman mythology...
that this asteroid shares similar orbital elements with 86 Semele and 106Dione. Photometric measurements of this asteroid made during 1980–1981 were...
(July 2017). "Rotation Period Determinations for 49 Pales, 96 Aegle, 106Dione 375 Ursula, and 576 Emanuela". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 44 (3): 249–251...
Frederick (2017). "Rotation Period Determinations for 49 Pales, 96 Aegle, 106Dione 375 Ursula, and 576 Emanuela". Minor Planet Bulletin. Retrieved 26 June...
into the sea. In Homer's Iliad, however, she is the daughter of Zeus and Dione. Plato, in his Symposium, asserts that these two origins actually belong...
Atargatis, .." As in the poem Pervigilium Veneris, line 7 "tossed Dione from the foam", "Dione" in later times signified Venus. Aphrodite： The Homeric Hymn...
1λ5-Matridine-1,15-dione Systematic IUPAC name (41S,7aS,13aR,13bR)-Dodecahydro-1H,10H-4λ5-dipyrido[2,1-f:3′,2′,1′-ij][1,6]naphthyridine-4,10(5H)-dione Other names...
Saturn in its L4 and L5 points, Telesto and Calypso. Another Saturn moon, Dione also has two Lagrange co-orbitals, Helene at its L4 point and Polydeuces...
Iapetus (1,440 km), Dione (1,120 km) and Tethys (1,050 km). Enceladus is one of the major inner satellites of Saturn along with Dione, Tethys, and Mimas...
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