(898) Hildegard Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 August 1918 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg.
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Where Hildegard is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hildegard is 1.73 au from the Sun and 1.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 898 |
| Provisional designation | A918 PG |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.7 km (#4,221 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.205 |
| Rotation period | 24.9 hours |
| Spectral type | Sl |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.63 |
| Orbital period | 4.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.71 – 3.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.373 |
| Inclination | 10.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.712 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.