612 Veronika

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612 Veronika

Name
Name Veronika
Designation 1906 VN
Discovery
Discoverer August Kopff
Discovery date October 8, 1906
Discovery site Heidelberg
Orbital elements
Epoch August 18, 2005 (JDCT 2453600.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.259
Semimajor axis (a) 3.160 AU
Perihelion (q) 2.342 AU
Aphelion (Q) 3.977 AU
Orbital period (P) 5.616 a
Inclination (i) 20.831°
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) 203.672°
Argument of Perihelion (ω) 119.687°
Mean anomaly (M) 282.528°

612 Veronika is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. In The Little Prince, the famous story written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the asteroid from which the main character comes is identified with the name B 612.


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