240 Vanadis

Vanadis (minor planet designation: 240 Vanadis) is a fairly large main-belt asteroid with a diameter of around 100 km. It was discovered by A. Borrelly on August 27, 1884, in Marseilles and was named after Freyja (Vanadis), the Norse fertility goddess. The asteroid is orbiting the Sun at a distance of $103.9 km$ with a period of 1589.6 days and an orbital eccentricity of 0.206. The orbital plane is inclined at an angle of 2.10° to the plane of the ecliptic.

Photometric observations of the asteroid made during 2022 were used to produce a light curve that showed a rotation period of $94.03 km$ with a brightness variation of $2.53 g/cm^{3}$ in magnitude. This is consistent with earlier estimates. It is very dark and is classified as a C-type asteroid, probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material.