(4800) Veveri Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 9 October 1989 by H. Debehogne at La Silla.

Veveri is a suburb of the Italian town of Novara. It is a crossroad for a historical man-made irrigation system, one of the most important in northern Italy, comprised of the Cavour, Quinto Sella and Regina Elena channels, with the Roggia Mora connection, that supports rice cultivations covering an extended region.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-03-16), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Veveri is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Veveri is 2.81 au from the Sun and 2.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	4800
Provisional designation	1989 TG17
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	14.1 km (#3,377 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.133
Rotation period	6.22 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	11.94
Orbital period	5.22 years
Semi-major axis	3.01 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.70 – 3.31 au
Eccentricity	0.101
Inclination	10.3°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.70 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 9 October 1989

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