(276) Adelheid Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 April 1888 by J. Palisa at Vienna.
Where Adelheid is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Adelheid is 3.29 au from the Sun and 3.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 276 |
| Provisional designation | A888 HA |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 115 km (#179 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0510 |
| Rotation period | 6.32 hours |
| Spectral type | X |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 8.56 |
| Orbital period | 5.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.93 – 3.31 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0612 |
| Inclination | 21.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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