(275) Sapientia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 April 1888 by J. Palisa at Vienna.
Where Sapientia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sapientia is 2.36 au from the Sun and 3.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 275 |
| Provisional designation | A888 GB |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 103 km (#220 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0490 |
| Rotation period | 14.9 hours |
| Spectral type | X |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.03 |
| Orbital period | 4.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.32 – 3.22 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.162 |
| Inclination | 4.77° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.33 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.