Asteroid 6 Hebe
Named after Hebe, the goddess of youth in Greek mythology. Hebe was the daughter of Zeus and Hera. She was the cupbearer for the gods and goddesses of Mount Olympus, serving their nectar and ambrosia, until she was married to Heracles.
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Classification | Main-belt Asteroid |
Notes | Probably the parent body of the H chondrite meteorites. |
Osculating Orbital Elements
Epoch | 2446857,5 |
Semi major axis | 2,4247 AU |
Period [Julian yrs] | 3,776 Julian years |
Inclination | 14,781 ° |
Eccentricity | 0,2021 |
Lon. of ascending node | 139,074 ° |
Argument of perihelion | 238,669 ° |
Passage of perihelion | 1988-Mar-08.739803 |
Aphelion distance | 2,9148 AU |
Mean anomaly | 262,959 ° |
Physical Data
Radius | 92,59 km |
Rotation period | 7,2745 days |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 5,71 |
Magnitude Slope (G) | 0,24 |
Color index (B-V) | 0,822 |
Geometric albedo | 0,2679 |
Spectral class | S |
Discovery Circumstances
Discoverer | Karl Ludwig Hencke |
Discovered | 1847-07-01 |
Data File
Data File Name | 6_Hebe.aed |
Data File Date | 2006-07-19 |
Data File Size | 2714 kB |
Covered Period | 1800,00 - 2100,00 |
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