Discovered by A. Borrelly Minor planet category Main belt Aphelion 3.2134 AU (480.72 Gm) Discovered 27 August 1884 Spectral type C-type asteroid Discovery site Marseille Observatory | Discovery date 27 August 1884 Observation arc 131.61 yr (48072 d) Perihelion 2.1178 AU (316.82 Gm) Orbits Sun Discoverer Alphonse Borrelly Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Similar 230 Athamantis, 95 Arethusa, 76 Freia, 146 Lucina, 56 Melete | ||
240 Vanadis is a fairly large main-belt asteroid. It is very dark and is classified as a C-type asteroid, probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material.
It was discovered by A. Borrelly on August 27, 1884, in Marseilles and was named after Freyja (Vanadis), the Norse fertility goddess.
References
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