106 Dione

**106 Dione**
Orbital characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Orbit type	Main belt
Semimajor axis	3.168 AU
Perihelion distance	2.615 AU
Aphelion distance	3.722 AU
Orbital period	5.64 years
Inclination	4.62°
Eccentricity	0.175
Physical characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Diameter	146.6 km
Rotation period ³	15 hours
Spectral class	G
Abs. magnitude	7.41
Albedo ⁴	0.089
History ²
Discoverer	J. C. Watson, 1868

106 Dione is a large Main belt asteroid. It has probably a composition similar to 1 Ceres.

It was discovered by J. C. Watson on October 10, 1868.

Dione occulted a dim star on January 19, 1983. A diameter measuring 147 km was observed, closely matching the value acquired by the IRAS satellite.

This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it .