(240) Vanadis

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(240 ) Vanadis is an asteroid of the main asteroid belt, which was discovered on August 18, 1884 by Alphonse Borrelly at the Observatory of Marseilles.

Vanadis is an epithet of the goddess Freya from Norse mythology.

Vanadis moves at a distance of 2.1138 ( perihelion ) to 3.2143 ( aphelion ) astronomical units in 4.3483 years of the sun. The orbit is inclined 2.1045 ° to the ecliptic, the orbital eccentricity is 0.2066.

Vanadis has a diameter of 104 kilometers. It has a dark carbon-rich surface with an albedo of 0.041. In around 10 hours and 38 minutes to rotate around its own axis.