1099 figneria, provisional designation 1928 rq, is an asteroid from the background population of the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 26 kilometers in diameter.discovered by grigory neujmin at simeiz observatory in 1928, the asteroid was later named after russian revolutionary activist vera figner.on the same night, it was independently discovered by german astronomer max wolf at the heidelberg observatory in southwest germany.the minor planet center, however, only acknowledges the first discoverer.in october 1927, the asteroid was first identified as a917 uf at simeiz, where the body's observation arc begins 11 months later with its official discovery observation.it orbits the sun in the outer main belt at a distance of 2.3–4.1 au once every 5 years and 8 months (2,071 days).its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.28 and an inclination of 12° with respect to the ecliptic.the asteroid is also an assumed carbonaceous c-type asteroid.lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 13.577 hours with a brightness variation of 0.16 magnitude (u=3-).in january 2014, photometric observations at the palomar transient factory in california gave a period of 13.583 hours and an amplitude of 0.15 magnitude (u=2).the official naming citation was published in the planetenzirkular des astronomischen rechen-institut (ri 789).
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