490 Veritas (Asteroid)
From South El Monte , 490 Veritas is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:09 (PDT), 35° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:37, 48° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:25, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
490 Veritas
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Object type
Asteroid
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Current position
| Computed for: | 02 June 2025 |
| Right ascension: | 15h33m [1] |
| Declination: | −07°26' [1] |
| Constellation: | Libra |
| Magnitude: | 13.71 (V) [1] |
| Distance: | 2.39 AU 19.87 lightmin [1] |
| Angular motion (speed): | 13.01 arcmin/day[1] |
| Angular motion (pos ang): | 278.0° |
Orbital elements [1]
| Semi-major axis: | 3.17 AU |
| Eccentricity: | 0.088761 |
| Inclination: | 9.29° |
| Longitude ascending node: | 178.04° |
| Argument of perihelion: | 193.70° |
| Epoch of elements: | 25 January 2025 |
| Mean Anomaly at epoch: | 212.55° |
| Absolute mag (H): | 8.70 [1] |
| Slope parameter (G): | 0.15 [1] |
Derived quantities
| Perihelion: | 2.89 AU |
| Aphelion: | 3.46 AU |
| Orbital period: | 5.66 years |