| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Max Wolf |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 3 September 1902 |
| Designations | |
| (490) Veritas | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈvɛrɪtæs/[1] |
| 1902 JP | |
| main-belt · (outer) Veritas [2] | |
| Adjectives | Veritasian[3] |
| Orbital characteristics[4] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 113.37 yr (41409 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.4715 AU (519.33 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.8719 AU (429.63 Gm) |
| 3.1717 AU (474.48 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.094527 |
| 5.65 yr (2063.2 d) | |
| 31.094° | |
| 0° 10m 28.164s / day | |
| Inclination | 9.2809° |
| 178.335° | |
| 194.390° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.87147 AU (279.968 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.98443 AU (296.867 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 3.175 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 110.96 ± 3.80 km[5] 115.55±5.5 km[4] |
| Mass | (5.99 ± 2.23) × 1018 kg[5] |
Mean density | 8.37 ± 3.23 g/cm3[5] |
| 7.930 h (0.3304 d) | |
| 0.0622±0.006 | |
| 8.53,[6] 8.32[4] | |
490 Veritas is a carbonaceous Veritasian asteroid, which may have been involved in one of the more massive asteroid-asteroid collisions of the past 100 million years. It was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf at Heidelberg Observatory on 3 September 1902.
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