(3092) Herodotus Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Where Herodotus is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Herodotus is 3.29 au from the Sun and 2.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3092 |
| Provisional designation | 6550 P-L |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 30.3 km (#1,346 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0760 |
| Rotation period | 38.9 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.38 |
| Orbital period | 6.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.14 – 3.94 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.113 |
| Inclination | 10.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 September 1960
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- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
- (1868) Thersites