823 Sisigambis
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Max Wolf |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 31 March 1916 |
| Designations | |
| (823) Sisigambis | |
| Pronunciation | /sɪsɪˈɡæmbɪs/[1] |
| 1916 ZG; A913 JB; 1937 QE; 1939 FA1; 1969 FN | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 100.04 yr (36540 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.4213 AU (362.22 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.0211 AU (302.35 Gm) |
| 2.2212 AU (332.29 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.090088 |
| 3.31 yr (1209.2 d) | |
| 176.61° | |
| 0° 17m 51.828s / day | |
| Inclination | 3.6456° |
| 255.028° | |
| 218.602° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.03763 AU (155.227 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.65835 AU (397.683 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 3.641 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 8.315±0.7 km | |
| 146 h (6.1 d) | |
| 0.1793±0.034 | |
| 11.2 | |
823 Sisigambis is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its diameter is about 17 km and it has an albedo of 0.179.[3] Its rotation period is unknown but appears to be greater than at least 12 hours.[4][5] The asteroid is named after Sisygambis, the mother of Darius III of Persia.
Captured by Alexander the Great at the Battle of Issus, Sisygambis became devoted to him, and Alexander referred to her as "mother". Having learned of Alexander's death, she had become depressed and had herself sealed into her rooms and refused to eat. She is said to have died of grief and starvation four days later.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ "823 Sisigambis (1916 ZG)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ^ Psi.edu Archived 2009-08-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Asteroid Lightcurve Parameters". Archived from the original on 19 November 2003. Retrieved 3 November 2008.
- ^ Adsabs.harvard.edu
- ^ Chugg, Andrew (2007). The Quest for the Tomb of Alexander the Great. Lulu.com. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-9556790-0-1.
- ^ Heckel, Waldemar (2006), "Sisygambis", Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great: A Prosopography of Alexander's Empire, Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, p. 116, ISBN 1405112107.
External links
[edit]- 823 Sisigambis at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 823 Sisigambis at the JPL Small-Body Database
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