(50) Virginia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 October 1857 by J. Ferguson at Washington.
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Where Virginia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Virginia is 2.48 au from the Sun and 2.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 50 |
| Provisional designation | A857 TA |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 84.1 km (#339 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0500 |
| Rotation period | 14.3 hours |
| Spectral type | X |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.43 |
| Orbital period | 4.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.65 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.90 – 3.41 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.285 |
| Inclination | 2.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.896 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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