Q150222
Also known as (285) Regina, Regina
main-belt asteroid
Picture of the Day · NASA
Jupiter and Venus from Earth
2026-06-07
It was visible around the world. The sunset conjunction of Jupiter (left) and Venus (right) in 2012 was visible almost no matter where you lived on Earth. Anyone on our planet with a clear western horizon at sunset could see them. That year, a creative photographer traveled away from the town lights of Szubin, Poland to photograph a near closest approach of the two planets. The bright planets were then separated by only three degrees and his daughter struck a humorous pose. A faint red sunset still glowed in the background. Jupiter and Venus are together again this week after sunset, passing within a degree of each other about two days from today.
© Marek Nikodem (PPSAE) · via NASA APOD
Key facts
- Discovered by
- Auguste Charlois
- Discovery date
- 3 August 1889
- Pronunciation
- / r ɪ ˈ dʒ aɪ n ə / rij- EYE -nə
- Alternative designations
- A889 PA, 1911 QJ, 1951 AC 1
- Minor planet category
- Main belt
- Observation arc
- 104.63 yr (38215 d)
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Article
285 Regina is a typical, although fairly large, Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 3 August 1889 in Nice, France. The asteroid is a suspected interloper in the Eucharis asteroid family.
Analysis of the asteroid light curve generated from photometric data collected during 2008 show a rotation period of 9.542±0.001 h with a brightness variation of 0.16±0.03 in magnitude.