(598) Octavia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 April 1906 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg.
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Where Octavia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Octavia is 3.17 au from the Sun and 3.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 598 |
| Provisional designation | A906 GC |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 78.2 km (#393 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0440 |
| Rotation period | 10.9 hours |
| Spectral type | C: |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.65 |
| Orbital period | 4.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 3.45 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.251 |
| Inclination | 12.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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