(892) Seeligeria Outer Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 31 May 1918 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg.

Where Seeligeria is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Seeligeria is 2.88 au from the Sun and 2.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number892
Provisional designationA918 KC
Orbit classOuter Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter74.5 km (#425 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0550
Rotation period16.7 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)9.82
Orbital period5.79 years
Semi-major axis3.22 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.88 – 3.57 au
Eccentricity0.106
Inclination21.3°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.98 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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