(466552) Viking Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 September 2009 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
The 1931 adventure movie The Viking was the first feature film to record synchronized sound and dialogue on location. Filmed amid the Newfoundland ice floes, it became linked to tragedy when an explosion aboard the sealing vessel SS Viking killed director Varick Frissell and 27 others, in what remains the deadliest accident in film-production history.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #28, 15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Viking is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Viking is 3.29 au from the Sun and 3.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 466552 |
| Provisional designation | 2014 SS310 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.14 |
| Orbital period | 4.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.19 – 3.33 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.208 |
| Inclination | 7.43° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.20 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.