Astronomy:499 Venusia
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Short description: Main-belt asteroid
.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 | |
| (499) Venusia | |
| Pronunciation | /vɪˈnjuːʃiə/[1] |
| 1902 KX | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 113.31 yr (41388 d) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 4.8693 astronomical unit|AU (728.44 Gm) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 3.1479 AU (470.92 Gm) |
| 4.0086 AU (599.68 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.21471 |
| Orbital period | 8.03 yr (2931.4 d) |
| Mean anomaly | 149.18° |
| Mean motion | 0° 7m 22.116s / day |
| Inclination | 2.0907° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 256.245° |
| 174.952° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mean radius | 40.69±1.65 km |
| Rotation period | 13.48 h (0.562 d) |
| Geometric albedo | 0.0468±0.004 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.39 |
Venusia (minor planet designation: 499 Venusia) is an asteroid in the outer asteroid belt, discovered by Max Wolf in 1902.[3] Its diameter is 81 km (50.6 miles).[4] It is a dark P-type asteroid. It has an average distance from the Sun of 4 astronomical unit|AU (600 million km).[2]
References
- ↑ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "499 Venusia (1902 KX)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=499;cad=1.
- ↑ Lutz D. Schmadel (9 March 2013). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 84–. ISBN 978-3-662-02804-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=2lzoCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA84.
- ↑ 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=_LZ8AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA27.
External links
- 499 Venusia at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 499 Venusia at the JPL Small-Body Database
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