(2) Pallas Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 March 1802 by H. W. Olbers at Bremen.
Where Pallas is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pallas is 2.79 au from the Sun and 1.85 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2 |
| Provisional designation | A802 FA |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 513 km (#4 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.155 |
| Rotation period | 7.81 hours |
| Spectral type | B |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 4.12 |
| Orbital period | 4.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 3.41 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.231 |
| Inclination | 34.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.