1106 Cydonia
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1106 Cydonia is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun
. It was discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
on February 5, 1929 at Heidelberg
, Germany
. Its provisional designation was 1929 CW. It was named after a type of tree, the quince
, belonging to the apple family.
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields...
. It was discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth was a German astronomer.He was a prolific discoverer of asteroids , beginning with 796 Sarita in 1914, working at the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl astronomical observatory on the Königstuhl hill above Heidelberg, Germany from 1912 to 1957.His most notable...
on February 5, 1929 at Heidelberg
Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl
The Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory is an historic astronomical observatory located near the summit of the Königstuhl hill in the city of Heidelberg in Germany...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. Its provisional designation was 1929 CW. It was named after a type of tree, the quince
Quince
The quince , or Cydonia oblonga, is the sole member of the genus Cydonia and native to warm-temperate southwest Asia in the Caucasus region...
, belonging to the apple family.