46 Hestia - Definition and Overview

**46 Hestia**
Orbital characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Orbit type	Main belt (Hestia)
Semimajor axis	2.527 AU
Perihelion distance	2.094 AU
Aphelion distance	2.960 AU
Orbital period	4.02 years
Inclination	2.34°
Eccentricity	0.171
Physical characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Diameter	124.1 km
Rotation period ^{3 (http://charlie.psi.edu/pds/)}	21.04 hours
Spectral class	C
Abs. magnitude	8.36
Albedo ^{4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html)}	0.052
History ^{2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html)}
Discoverer	N. R. Pogson, 1857

46 Hestia is a large, dark Main belt asteroid. It is also the primary body of the Hestia asteroid family.

It was discovered by N. R. Pogson on August 16, 1857 and is named after Hestia, Greek goddess of the hearth.

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