3551 Verenia
Mars-crossing asteroid
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3551 Verenia, provisional designation 1983 RD, is an Amor asteroid and a Mars crosser discovered on 12 September 1983 by R. Scott Dunbar. Although Verenia passed within 0.27 AU (40×106 km) of the Earth in the 20th century, it will never do so in the 21st. In 2028, it will come within 0.025 AU (3.7×106 km) of Ceres.[3]
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | R. S. Dunbar |
| Discovery date | 12 September 1983 |
| Designations | |
| Pronunciation | /vɪˈriːniə/ |
| MPO 337280 | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 11898 days (32.57 yr) |
| Aphelion | 3.11250 AU (465,623,000 km) |
| Perihelion | 1.07179 AU (160,338,000 km) |
| 2.09214 AU (312,980,000 km) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.48771 |
| 3.03 yr (1105.3 d) | |
| 241.121° | |
| 0° 19m 32.516s / day | |
| Inclination | 9.51540° |
| 173.840° | |
| 193.241° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.0719179 AU (10,758,760 km) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 0.9 km[2] |
| 4.930 h (0.2054 d)[2] | |
| 0.37[2] | |
| V[2] | |
| 16.75[2] | |
3551 Verenia was named for the first vestal virgin consecrated by the legendary Roman king Numa Pompilius.[4]
