(582) Olympia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 January 1906 by A. Kopff at Heidelberg.
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Where Olympia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Olympia is 2.99 au from the Sun and 2.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 582 |
| Provisional designation | A906 BM |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 44.3 km (#871 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.218 |
| Rotation period | 36.3 hours |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 8.97 |
| Orbital period | 4.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.61 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.220 |
| Inclination | 30.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.