3551 Verenia
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | R. Scott Dunbar |
| Discovery date | 12 September 1983 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1983 RD |
| MPO 337280 | |
| Mars crosser, Amor II | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 11898 days (32.57 yr) |
| Aphelion | 3.11250 AU (465.623 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.07179 AU (160.338 Gm) |
| 2.09214 AU (312.980 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.48771 |
| 3.03 yr (1105.3 d) | |
Average orbital speed | 19.306 km/s |
| 241.121° | |
| 0° 19m 32.516s / day | |
| Inclination | 9.51540° |
| 173.840° | |
| 193.241° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.0719179 AU (10.75876 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.34235 AU (350.411 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.579 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 0.9 km[2] |
Mean radius | 0.45 km |
| 4.930 h (0.2054 d)[2] | |
| 0.37[2] | |
| Temperature | K |
| V[2] | |
| 16.75[2] | |
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3551 Verenia (or 1983 RD) is an Amor asteroid and a Mars crosser discovered September 12, 1983 by R. Scott Dunbar. Although Verenia passed within 40 Gm of the Earth in the 20th century, it will never do so in the 21st. In 2028 it will come within 0.025 AU of Ceres.[3]
3551 Verenia was named for the first vestal virgin consecrated by the legendary Roman king Numa Pompilius.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "(3551) Verenia = 1983 RD". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 3551 Verenia (1983 RD)" (2010-08-07 last obs). Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ↑ "JPL Close-Approach Data: 3551 Verenia (1983 RD)" (2010-08-07 last obs). Retrieved 2011-01-12.
- ↑ Lutz D. Schmadel, Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, p. 298
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