46 Hestia
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| Orbital characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
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| Orbit type | Main belt (Hestia clump) |
| Semimajor axis | 2.527 AU |
| Perihelion distance | 2.094 AU |
| Aphelion distance | 2.960 AU |
| Orbital period | 4.02 years |
| Inclination | 2.34° |
| Eccentricity | 0.171 |
| Physical characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
| Diameter | 124.1 km |
| Rotation period 3 (http://charlie.psi.edu/pds/) | 21.04 hours |
| Spectral class | C |
| Abs. magnitude | 8.36 |
| Albedo 4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html) | 0.052 |
| History 2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html) | |
| Discoverer | N. R. Pogson, 1857 |
46 Hestia (hes'-tee-a) is a large, dark Main belt asteroid. It is also the primary body of the Hestia asteroid clump.
It was discovered by N. R. Pogson on August 16, 1857 and is named after Hestia, Greek goddess of the hearth.
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