1116 Catriona
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1116 Catriona is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun
. It was discovered by Cyril Jackson on April 5, 1929 at Johannesburg
, South Africa
. Its provisional designation was 1929 GD. It was probably named after the 1893 novel by Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson, a Scottish poet, novelist, and travel writer. It is approximately 39 km in diameter and completes one revolution around the Sun once every 5 years.
Sun
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. It was discovered by Cyril Jackson on April 5, 1929 at Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
, South Africa
South Africa
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. Its provisional designation was 1929 GD. It was probably named after the 1893 novel by Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson, a Scottish poet, novelist, and travel writer. It is approximately 39 km in diameter and completes one revolution around the Sun once every 5 years.