(490) Veritas Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 September 1902 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg.
Where Veritas is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Veritas is 2.97 au from the Sun and 2.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 490 |
| Provisional designation | A902 RE |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 119 km (#161 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0590 |
| Rotation period | 7.93 hours |
| Spectral type | C |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 8.66 |
| Orbital period | 5.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.89 – 3.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0884 |
| Inclination | 9.29° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.89 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 3 September 1902
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