(3551) Verenia Amor
Discovered on 12 September 1983 by R. S. Dunbar at Palomar.
Where Verenia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Verenia is 2.38 au from the Sun and 3.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3551 |
| Provisional designation | 1983 RD |
| Orbit class | Amor · near-Earth |
| Diameter | 0.900 km (#17,416 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.370 |
| Rotation period | 4.93 hours |
| Spectral type | V |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.72 |
| Orbital period | 3.03 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.09 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.07 – 3.11 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.487 |
| Inclination | 9.51° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.0749 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.