499 Venusia
.png) A three-dimensional model of 499 Venusia based on its light curve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Max Wolf |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 24 December 1902 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | (499) Venusia |
| 1902 KX | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 113.31 yr (41388 d) |
| Aphelion | 4.8693 AU (728.44 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 3.1479 AU (470.92 Gm) |
| 4.0086 AU (599.68 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.21471 |
| 8.03 yr (2931.4 d) | |
| 149.18° | |
| 0° 7m 22.116s / day | |
| Inclination | 2.0907° |
| 256.245° | |
| 174.952° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 40.69±1.65 km |
| 13.48 h (0.562 d) | |
| 0.0468±0.004 | |
| 9.39 | |
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499 Venusia is an asteroid in the outer asteroid belt, discovered by Max Wolf in 1902.[2] Its diameter is 81 km (50.6 miles).[3] It is a dark P-type asteroid. It has an average distance from the Sun of 4 AU (600 million km).[1]
References
- 1 2 "499 Venusia (1902 KX)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ↑ Lutz D. Schmadel (9 March 2013). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 84–. ISBN 978-3-662-02804-9.
- ↑ Thomas Wm Hamilton (15 April 2014). Dwarf Planets and Asteroids: Minor Bodies of the Solar System. Strategic Book Publishing Rights Agency. pp. 27–. ISBN 978-1-62857-728-0.
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