245 Vera

Minor Planet | name=245 Vera
discoverer=N. R. Pogson
discovery_date=February 6, 1885
designations=A919 HB
category=Main belt
epoch=30 January, 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
semimajor=462.83 Gm (3.094 AU)
perihelion=370.127 Gm (2.474 AU)
aphelion=555.534 Gm (3.714 AU)
eccentricity=0.2
period=1987.628 d (5.44 a)
inclination=5.176°
asc_node=61.557°
arg_peri=327.096°
mean_anomaly=85.445°
speed=16.93 km/s
dimensions=80.0 km
mass="unknown"
density="unknown"
gravity="unknown"
escape_velocity="unknown"
rotation=14.38 h
spectral_class=S
abs_mag=7.82
albedo=0.208
temperature="unknown"

245 Vera is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.

It was discovered by N. R. Pogson on February 6, 1885 in Madras.

References

* [ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database]
* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances]
* [http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/parallax/phot/LCSUMPUB.TXT Asteroid Lightcurve Data File]