1 day / second

0.5 AU

6 Hebe

Asteroid

A large S-type asteroid in the inner main belt believed to be the parent body of the H-chondrite meteorites that frequently strike Earth.

Key Facts

orbital regime

Asteroid Belt

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mass

1.2400e+19 kg

radius

92.59 km

hill radius

36,942 km

semi-major axis

2.426 AU

eccentricity

0.202

inclination

14.734º

longitude of the ascending node

138.62º

argument of periapsis

239.648º

orbital period

3.779 years

surface gravity

0.01 g

discovery date

July 1, 1847

discovered by

Karl Ludwig Hencke in Drezdenko

name origins

Named after Hebe, the Greek goddess of youth

dimensions

185.18 km diameter

albedo

0.268

material composition

S-type asteroid

density

4.1 g/cm³
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