(4206) Verulamium
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Asteroid (4206) Verulamium |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Koronis family |
| Major semi-axis | 2,862 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.018 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.812 AU - 2.913 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.17 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 249.83 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.84 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 8 km |
| Absolute brightness | 12.3 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Henri Debehogne |
| Date of discovery | August 25, 1986 |
| Another name | 1986 QL, 982 TZ 1 , 1982 UH 11 |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(4206) Verulamium is a main belt asteroid discovered on August 25, 1986 by Henri Debehogne at the European Southern Observatory .
The asteroid was named after Verulamium , a city in Roman Britain.
Web links
- (4206) Verulamium in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .