Discovery date 27 October 1899 Minor planet category Main belt Discovered 27 October 1899 Spectral type A-type asteroid | Alternative names 1899 ER Observation arc 116.23 yr (42452 d) Orbits Sun Named after Aeternitas | |
Discovered by M. Wolf,
A. Schwassmann Aphelion 3.14078 AU (469.854 Gm) Discovery site Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory Discoverers Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann, Max Wolf Similar 417 Suevia, 349 Dembowska, 499 Venusia, 276 Adelheid, 193 Ambrosia | ||
446 Aeternitas is a main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on October 27, 1899 in Heidelberg. It is classified as an A-type asteroid. The asteroid is roughly 45 km in diameter and has a high albedo.
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