Discovered by R. Scott Dunbar MPC designation 1983 RD Discovered 12 September 1983 Orbits Sun Discovery site Palomar Observatory | Discovery date 12 September 1983 Alternative names MPO 337280 Observation arc 11898 days (32.57 yr) Inclination 9.5154° Discoverer R. Scott Dunbar | |
Similar 3908 Nyx, 3552 Don Quixote, Sun, 3362 Khufu, Solar System | ||
3551 Verenia (or 1983 RD) is an Amor asteroid and a Mars crosser discovered September 12, 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.
3551 Verenia was named for the first vestal virgin consecrated by the legendary Roman king Numa Pompilius.
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