(14845) Hegel Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 1988 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) is a very important philosopher of German idealism. The method and content of his thinking is the dialectic. He lectured at Jena during 1801--1807. He had great influence during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and many later philosophers refer to him.Naming citation (20000726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hegel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hegel is 4.05 au from the Sun and 3.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14845 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 VS6 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.9 km (#3,426 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0580 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.17 |
| Orbital period | 7.87 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.96 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.00 – 4.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.241 |
| Inclination | 4.90° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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