240 Vanadis

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240 Vanadis is a fairly large main-belt asteroid. It is very dark and is classified as a C-type asteroid probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material. It was discovered by A. Borrelly on August 27 1884 in Marseilles and was named after Freyja (Vanadis) the Norse fertility goddess.

apoapsis (km)

4.80808e+11

average speed (km/s)

65700.0

orbital period (μ)

1.37221e+08

periapsis (km)

3.1625e+11

absolute magnitude

9.0

albedo

0.041

discovery date

1884-08-27

discoverer

Alphonse Borrelly

epoch

30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5)

rotation period (s)

38304.0