- Source: 240 Vanadis
240 Vanadis is a fairly large main-belt asteroid with a diameter of around 100 km. It was discovered by A. Borrelly on August 27, 1884, in Marseilles and was named after Freyja (Vanadis), the Norse fertility goddess. The asteroid is orbiting the Sun at a distance of 2.67 AU with a period of 4.35 yr and an orbital eccentricity of 0.206. The orbital plane is inclined at an angle of 2.10° to the plane of the ecliptic.
Photometric observations of the asteroid made during 2022 were used to produce a light curve that showed a rotation period of 10.565±0.002 h with a brightness variation of 0.07±0.01 in magnitude. This is consistent with earlier estimates. It is very dark and is classified as a C-type asteroid, probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material.
References
External links
The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database
Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances
Asteroid Lightcurve Data File
240 Vanadis at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
240 Vanadis at the JPL Small-Body Database
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Daftar planet minor/201–300
- Daftar planet minor: 1–1000
- 240 Vanadis
- Vanadis
- Meanings of minor-planet names: 1–1000
- Alphonse Borrelly
- 241 Germania
- 239 Adrastea
- List of minor planets: 1–1000
- List of named minor planets: 1–999
- USS Thor
- List of named minor planets: V
