(490) Veritas
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Asteroid (490) Veritas |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Veritas family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.17 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.096 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.865 AU - 3.475 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 9.3 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 178.4 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 194.6 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | June 14, 2010 |
| Sidereal period | 5 a 235 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.7 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 119 km |
| Albedo | 0.06 |
| Rotation period | 7.9 h |
| Absolute brightness | 8.3 mag |
| Spectral class | C. |
| history | |
| Explorer | Max Wolf |
| Date of discovery | September 3, 1902 |
| Another name | 1902 JP, 1947 OG, A914 WA |
| 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. | |
(490) Veritas is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on September 3, 1902 by the German astronomer Max Wolf in Heidelberg .
The asteroid is named after the Roman goddess Veritas .