sentences:  According to the space-based Japanese Akari satellite, "Simonida" measures 12.16 kilometers in diameter, and its surface has an albedo of 0.211.The "Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link", however, agrees with the results obtained by 8 observations of the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, that gave a diameter of 11.08 kilometers and an albedo of 0.25 with an absolute magnitude of 11.9.This minor planet was named for Byzantine princess and queen consort Simonida, the wife of medieval Serbian king Stefan Milutin and symbol of beauty in former Yugoslavia.