(106) Dione

(106) Dione is an asteroid belonging to the asteroid belt discovered on October 10, 1868 by James Craig Watson from the Detroit Observatory in Ann Arbor, United States. It is named after Dione, a character from Greek mythology.

Orbital characteristics

Dione orbits at an average distance of 3,176 AU from the Sun, and can get as close as 2,646 AU. The eccentricity of it is 0.167 and the orbital inclination 4.597°. It takes 2068 days to complete one orbit around the Sun.