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**3551 Verenia**
Discovery
Discovered by	R. Scott Dunbar
Discovery date	September 12, 1983
Designations
Alternate name(s)	1983 RD
Minor planet category	Mars crosser, Amor II
Orbital characteristics^[1]
Epoch November 26, 2005 (JD 2453700.5)
Aphelion	465.631 Gm (3.113 AU)
Perihelion	160.364 Gm (1.072 AU)
Semi-major axis	312.998 Gm (2.092 AU)
Eccentricity	0.488
Orbital period	1105.407 d (3.026 a)
Average orbital speed	19.306 km/s
Mean anomaly	116.894°
Inclination	9.513°
Longitude of ascending node	173.938°
Argument of perihelion	193.129°
Proper orbital elements
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	0.9 km^[1]
Rotation period	4.93 h^[1]
Albedo	0.37^[1]
Temperature	K
Spectral type	V^[1]
Absolute magnitude (H)	16.75^[1]

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. In 2028 it will come within 0.025 AU of Ceres.^[2]

Verenia was named for the first vestal virgin consecrated by the legendary Roman king Numa Pompilius.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 3551 Verenia (1983 RD)". 2010-08-07 last obs. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=Verenia. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
^ "JPL Close-Approach Data: 3551 Verenia (1983 RD)". 2010-08-07 last obs. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=Verenia;cad=1#cad. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
^ Lutz D. Schmadel, Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, p. 298

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