499 Venusia Explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
  1. D6D6D6
499 Venusia
Mpc Name:(499) Venusia
Pronounced:[1]
Alt Names:1902 KX
Discovered:24 December 1902
Epoch:31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Eccentricity:0.21471
Semimajor:4.0086AU
Perihelion:3.1479AU
Aphelion:4.8693abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Period:8.03 yr (2931.4 d)
Inclination:2.0907°
Asc Node:256.245°
Arg Peri:174.952°
Mean Motion: / day
Orbit Ref:[2]
Observation Arc:113.31 yr (41388 d)
Uncertainty:0
Abs Magnitude:9.39
Rotation:13.48abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Mean Radius: km

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 4abbr=unitNaNabbr=unit.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
  2. Web site: 499 Venusia (1902 KX) . . . 6 May 2016.
  3. Book: Lutz D. Schmadel. Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. 9 March 2013. Springer Science & Business Media. 978-3-662-02804-9. 84–.
  4. Book: Thomas Wm Hamilton. Dwarf Planets and Asteroids: Minor Bodies of the Solar System. 15 April 2014. Strategic Book Publishing Rights Agency. 978-1-62857-728-0. 27–.