(459) Signe Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 October 1900 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg.
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Where Signe is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Signe is 2.99 au from the Sun and 3.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 459 |
| Provisional designation | A900 UH |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 25.8 km (#1,630 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.221 |
| Rotation period | 5.54 hours |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.35 |
| Orbital period | 4.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 3.17 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.211 |
| Inclination | 10.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 22 October 1900
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