490 Veritas

Summary

490 Veritas is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 490 Veritas is credited with the discovery of Max Wolf^[3].
• 490 Veritas's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 490 Veritas's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[5].
• Veritas is named after 490 Veritas^[6].
• 490 Veritas's follows is recorded as 489 Comacina^[7].
• 490 Veritas's followed by is recorded as 491 Carina^[8].
• 490 Veritas's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 490 Veritas's part of is recorded as Veritas family^[10].
• 490 Veritas's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Veritas symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 490 Veritas's Commons category is recorded as 490 Veritas^[12].
• 490 Veritas's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 490 Veritas's provisional designation is recorded as 1902 JP^[14].
• 490 Veritas's provisional designation is recorded as 1947 OG^[15].
• 490 Veritas's provisional designation is recorded as A914 WA^[16].
• 490 Veritas's provisional designation is recorded as A902 RE^[17].
• 490 Veritas's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1902-09-03T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 490 Veritas's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08lvs1^[19].
• 490 Veritas's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000490^[20].
• 490 Veritas's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[21].
• 490 Veritas's asteroid family is recorded as Veritas family^[22].
• 490 Veritas's significant event is recorded as naming^[23].
• 490 Veritas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08850088099524073'}^[24].
• 490 Veritas's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.66'}^[25].
• 490 Veritas's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.264'}^[26].
• 490 Veritas's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.29008570731786'}^[27].

Body

Geography

490 Veritas's part of is recorded as Veritas family^[10].

Designation and Status

490 Veritas's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Veritas is named after 490 Veritas^[6].

Why It Matters

490 Veritas ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]