(996) Hilaritas Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 March 1923 by J. Palisa at Vienna.
Where Hilaritas is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hilaritas is 2.87 au from the Sun and 3.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 996 |
| Provisional designation | A923 FC |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 29.1 km (#1,416 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.120 |
| Rotation period | 10.1 hours |
| Spectral type | B |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.16 |
| Orbital period | 5.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.09 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 3.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.138 |
| Inclination | 0.658° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.68 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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