Astronomy:499 Venusia

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Short description: Main-belt asteroid
499 Venusia
499Venusia (Lightcurve Inversion).png
A three-dimensional model of 499 Venusia based on its light curve
Discovery
Discovered byMax Wolf
Discovery siteHeidelberg
Discovery date24 December 1902
Designations
(499) Venusia
Pronunciation/vɪˈnjuːʃiə/[1]
1902 KX
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc113.31 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)
Eccentricity0.21471
Orbital period8.03 yr (2931.4 d)
Mean anomaly149.18°
Mean motion0° 7m 22.116s / day
Inclination2.0907°
Longitude of ascending node256.245°
174.952°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius40.69±1.65 km
Rotation period13.48 h (0.562 d)
Geometric albedo0.0468±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

  1. ↑ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
  2. ↑ 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. 
  3. ↑ 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. 
  4. ↑ 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. 

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