459 Signe, provisional designation , 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. 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.

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External links

• Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info )

• Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books

• Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend

• Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center