(880) Herba Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 July 1917 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg.
Where Herba is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Herba is 2.30 au from the Sun and 2.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 880 |
| Provisional designation | A917 OC |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 32.3 km (#1,267 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0490 |
| Rotation period | 12.3 hours |
| Spectral type | F |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.31 |
| Orbital period | 5.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.00 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 3.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.322 |
| Inclination | 15.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 22 July 1917
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- (328) Gudrun
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- (332) Siri
- (333) Badenia
- (334) Chicago
- (339) Dorothea
- (340) Eduarda
- (341) California
- (342) Endymion
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