| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | R. S. Dunbar |
| Discovery date | 12 September 1983 |
| Designations | |
| (1983) RD | |
| 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 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.07179 AU (160.338 Gm) |
| 2.09214 AU (312.980 Gm) | |
| 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 (10.75876 Gm) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 0.9 km[2] |
| 4.930 h (0.2054 d)[2] | |
| 0.37[2] | |
| V[2] | |
| 16.75[2] | |
3551 Verenia, provisional designation1983 RD, is anAmor asteroid and aMars crosser discovered on 12 September 1983 byR. Scott Dunbar. Although Verenia passed within 0.27 AU (40 Gm) 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 Gm) ofCeres.[3]
3551 Verenia was named for the first vestal virgin consecrated by the legendary Roman kingNuma Pompilius.[4]
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