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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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ClassificationMain-belt Asteroid
NotesProbably the parent body of the H chondrite meteorites.

Osculating Orbital Elements
Epoch2446857,5
Semi major axis2,4247 AU
Period [Julian yrs]3,776 Julian years
Inclination14,781 °
Eccentricity0,2021
Lon. of ascending node139,074 °
Argument of perihelion238,669 °
Passage of perihelion1988-Mar-08.739803
Aphelion distance2,9148 AU
Mean anomaly262,959 °

Physical Data
Radius92,59 km
Rotation period7,2745 days
Absolute magnitude (H)5,71
Magnitude Slope (G)0,24
Color index (B-V)0,822
Geometric albedo0,2679
Spectral classS

Discovery Circumstances
DiscovererKarl Ludwig Hencke
Discovered1847-07-01

Data File
Data File Name6_Hebe.aed
Data File Date2006-07-19
Data File Size2714 kB
Covered Period1800,00 - 2100,00