(522) Helga Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 January 1904 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg.
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Where Helga is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Helga is 3.32 au from the Sun and 2.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 522 |
| Provisional designation | A904 AF |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 101 km (#226 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0388 |
| Rotation period | 8.13 hours |
| Spectral type | X |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.01 |
| Orbital period | 6.91 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.32 – 3.94 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0858 |
| Inclination | 4.42° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.32 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 10 January 1904
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