(12) Victoria Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 September 1850 by J. R. Hind at London.
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Where Victoria is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Victoria is 2.84 au from the Sun and 3.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12 |
| Provisional designation | A850 RA |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 115 km (#177 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.163 |
| Rotation period | 8.66 hours |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 7.3 |
| Orbital period | 3.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.82 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.220 |
| Inclination | 8.37° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.826 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
More named asteroids discovered by J. R. Hind
- (7) Iris
- (8) Flora
- (14) Irene
- (18) Melpomene
- (19) Fortuna
- (22) Kalliope
- (23) Thalia
- (27) Euterpe
- (30) Urania
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