(6) Hebe Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 July 1847 by K. L. Hencke at Driesen.
👶 Hebe as a baby name🐶 Hebe as a dog name
Where Hebe is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hebe is 2.42 au from the Sun and 2.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6 |
| Provisional designation | A847 NA |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 185 km (#41 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.268 |
| Rotation period | 7.27 hours |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 5.62 |
| Orbital period | 3.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.202 |
| Inclination | 14.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.976 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
More named asteroids discovered by K. L. Hencke
← (5) Astraea · (7) Iris →