860 Ursina [SEP] discoverer or inventor
860 Ursina
860 Ursina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered in 1917 by German astronomer Max Wolf. The origin of the name is unknown.
Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 1999 show a rotation period of 9.386 ± 0.002 hours with a brightness variation of 0.22 magnitude.
External links.
- Lightcurve plot of 860 Ursina, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (1999)
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names
Ursina
Ursina can refer to:
- 860 Ursina, a minor planet orbiting the Sun.
- Ursina, Pennsylvania, a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- Vrsno, Kobarid, a village in western Slovenia, named "Ursina" in Italian