(8158) Herder Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 23 October 1989 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.

Named for Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803), German philosopher, theologian, writer, translator, poet and collector of folk songs. Through his study of history, language, culture, and literature, he became a great authority on the history of the European mind. Through Goethe, he was appointed head clergyman at the court of Weimar in 1776. With Goethe, Schiller and Wieland, Herder is one of the four “Greats” of the Weimar classical period.Naming citation (19980411/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Herder is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Herder is 2.60 au from the Sun and 3.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	8158
Provisional designation	1989 UH7
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	5.08 km (#10,465 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.227
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.96
Orbital period	4.30 years
Semi-major axis	2.65 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.48 – 2.81 au
Eccentricity	0.0621
Inclination	3.10°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.47 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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