* Astronomy

Asteroid 487 Venetia (1902 JL) is a type S asteroid (Tholen, 1989). It has a diameter of 64.2km ±3.1km and albedo of 0.2457 with an absolute magnitude of 8.21V.
The asteroid was discovered by Luigi Carnera on the 9th July, 1902.
CCD observations in V of the asteroid 487 Venetia were made at the NF/ Observatory during the 1992 apparition. The synodic rotational period was 12.73 ±0.12 hours. The lightcurve amplitude was m=0.20 ±0.02.
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Ephemeris

Date       UT      R.A. (J2000) Decl.    Delta     r     El.    Ph.  Mag
2012 10 31 000000 04 10 23.7 +06 02 20   1.520   2.441  152.1  11.0  11.7
2012 11 01 000000 04 09 41.3 +05 59 42   1.515   2.442  153.1  10.6  11.7
2012 11 02 000000 04 08 57.6 +05 57 09   1.511   2.442  154.1  10.2  11.6
2012 11 03 000000 04 08 12.6 +05 54 41   1.507   2.442  155.0   9.9  11.6
2012 11 04 000000 04 07 26.4 +05 52 18   1.503   2.443  156.0   9.5  11.6
2012 11 05 000000 04 06 38.9 +05 50 01   1.500   2.443  156.9   9.2  11.6
2012 11 06 000000 04 05 50.4 +05 47 50   1.496   2.443  157.8   8.8  11.6
2012 11 07 000000 04 05 00.8 +05 45 46   1.493   2.443  158.7   8.5  11.5
2012 11 08 000000 04 04 10.1 +05 43 47   1.491   2.444  159.6   8.1  11.5
2012 11 09 000000 04 03 18.5 +05 41 56   1.488   2.444  160.4   7.8  11.5
2012 11 10 000000 04 02 26.1 +05 40 12   1.486   2.444  161.2   7.5  11.5
2012 11 11 000000 04 01 32.8 +05 38 34   1.484   2.444  161.9   7.2  11.5
2012 11 12 000000 04 00 38.8 +05 37 05   1.482   2.445  162.6   6.9  11.5
2012 11 13 000000 03 59 44.0 +05 35 43   1.481   2.445  163.3   6.7  11.4
2012 11 14 000000 03 58 48.7 +05 34 30   1.479   2.445  163.9   6.5  11.4
2012 11 15 000000 03 57 52.9 +05 33 24   1.479   2.446  164.4   6.3  11.4
2012 11 16 000000 03 56 56.6 +05 32 28   1.478   2.446  164.8   6.1  11.4
2012 11 17 000000 03 55 59.9 +05 31 40   1.477   2.446  165.1   6.0  11.4
2012 11 18 000000 03 55 03.0 +05 31 01   1.477   2.447  165.4   5.9  11.4
2012 11 19 000000 03 54 05.8 +05 30 31   1.477   2.447  165.5   5.8  11.4
2012 11 20 000000 03 53 08.5 +05 30 10   1.478   2.447  165.6   5.8  11.4
2012 11 21 000000 03 52 11.2 +05 29 58   1.479   2.448  165.5   5.8  11.4
2012 11 22 000000 03 51 13.8 +05 29 57   1.480   2.448  165.4   5.8  11.4
2012 11 23 000000 03 50 16.6 +05 30 04   1.481   2.448  165.1   5.9  11.4
2012 11 24 000000 03 49 19.5 +05 30 22   1.482   2.449  164.8   6.1  11.4
2012 11 25 000000 03 48 22.7 +05 30 49   1.484   2.449  164.3   6.3  11.4
2012 11 26 000000 03 47 26.2 +05 31 27   1.486   2.449  163.8   6.4  11.4
2012 11 27 000000 03 46 30.1 +05 32 14   1.488   2.450  163.2   6.7  11.5
2012 11 28 000000 03 45 34.4 +05 33 11   1.491   2.450  162.6   6.9  11.5
2012 11 29 000000 03 44 39.3 +05 34 19   1.494   2.450  161.9   7.2  11.5
2012 11 30 000000 03 43 44.7 +05 35 37   1.497   2.451  161.1   7.5  11.5