(460) Scania Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 October 1900 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg.
Where Scania is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Scania is 2.59 au from the Sun and 2.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 460 |
| Provisional designation | A900 UF |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 19.7 km (#2,240 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.262 |
| Rotation period | 164 hours |
| Spectral type | K |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.75 |
| Orbital period | 4.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.72 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.44 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.104 |
| Inclination | 4.64° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.43 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 22 October 1900
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