459 Signe

Main-belt asteroid

459 Signe, provisional designation 1900 FM, is a stony asteroid from the background population of the intermediate asteroid belt, approximately 26 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf at Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory on 22 October 1900.[2] The asteroid was presumably named after Signy, a character of the Scandinavian Völsunga saga and Norse mythology. Signy is the daughter of Völsung and sister of Sigmund.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 459 Signe (1900 FM)" (2017-07-05 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b "459 Signe (1900 FM)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  3. ^ a b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(459) Signe". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (459) Signe. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 52. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_460. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
  4. ^ "Asteroid 459 Signe – Nesvorny HCM Asteroid Families V3.0". Small Bodies Data Ferret. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
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  • Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
  • Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
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