(562) Salome Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 April 1905 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg.
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Where Salome is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Salome is 2.90 au from the Sun and 3.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 562 |
| Provisional designation | A905 GC |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 32.7 km (#1,244 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.158 |
| Rotation period | 6.35 hours |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.99 |
| Orbital period | 5.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.02 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 3.33 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.104 |
| Inclination | 11.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.72 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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