3551 Verenia

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3551 Verenia
Discovery A
Discoverer R. Scott Dunbar
Discovery date September 12, 1983
Alternate
designations B		 1983 RD
Category Mars crosser, Amor II
Orbital elements C
Epoch November 26, 2005 (JD 2453700.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.488
Semi-major axis (a) 312.998 Gm (2.092 AU)
Perihelion (q) 160.364 Gm (1.072 AU)
Aphelion (Q) 465.631 Gm (3.113 AU)
Orbital period (P) 1105.407 d (3.026 a)
Mean orbital speed 19.306 km/s
Inclination (i) 9.513°
Longitude of the
ascending node (Ω)		 173.938°
Argument of
perihelion (ω)		 193.129°
Mean anomaly (M) 116.894°
Physical characteristics D
Dimensions .9 km
Mass
Density
Surface gravity
Escape velocity
Rotation period 4.93 h
Spectral class  ?
Absolute magnitude 16.8
Albedo (geometric) 0.37 *[1]
Mean surface
temperature		 K
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3551 Verenia is an Amor asteroid and a Mars crosser discovered in 1983 by R. Scott Dunbar. Although Verenia passed within 40 Gm of the Earth in the 20th century, it will never do so in the 21st.

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