Saturday 31 December 2016

(12) Victoria, changes in a company's policy

(12) Victoria is a main belt asteroid discovered in September of 1850.

The orbit is located between the hungaria zone and the mid main belt. It has a perihelion of 1.81 AU and an aphelion of 2.84 AU. The semimajor axis is at 2.33 AU. It has an orbital period of 3 years and 204 days. It has an inclination of 8.3º. It has a diameter of about 113 km.


Orbital resonance:
10:3 with Jupiter (99.9%)
9:17 with Mars (99.7%)
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3:2 with Interamnia (99.9%)
7:5 with Psyche (99.7%
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Historical Character

Victoria (1819-1901), queen of the United Kingdom, inherited the throne at the age of 18 (1837), after the death without offspring of three paternal uncles.


(12) Victoria is related with changes in a company's policy that occur as a result of a ownership change: after a succession, a fusion with another company, or the purchase by a larger company (10:3 resonance with Jupiter).