487 Venetia
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | L. Carnera |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 9 July 1902 |
| Designations | |
| (487) Venetia | |
| Pronunciation | /vɪˈniːʃə/ |
Named after | Veneto (Italian region) |
| 1902 JL | |
| main-belt · (middle) | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 16 February 2017 (JD 2457800.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 114.63 yr (41,868 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.9063 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.4333 AU |
| 2.6698 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0886 |
| 4.36 yr (1,593 days) | |
| 8.3676° | |
| 0° 13m 33.24s / day | |
| Inclination | 10.245° |
| 114.82° | |
| 280.52° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 59.046±0.458 km 63.15±1.3 km (IRAS:22) 65.562±0.795 km 66.13±0.84 km |
| 10.62±0.02 h 12.73 h 13.28 h 13.33170 h 13.34±0.01 h 13.34153 h 13.342±0.002 h 18 h (dated) | |
| 0.2284±0.0421 0.239±0.008 0.2457±0.011 (IRAS:22) 0.328±0.043 | |
| B–V = 0.852 U–B = 0.424 Tholen = S · K · S | |
| 8.14 | |
487 Venetia, provisional designation 1902 JL, is a rare-type stony asteroid from the middle regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 63 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 9 July 1902, by Italian astronomer Luigi Carnera at Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany. It was later named for the Italian Veneto region where the city of Venice is located.