(46) Hestia

(46) Hestia is an asteroid belonging to the asteroid belt discovered by Norman Robert Pogson from the Radcliffe Observatory in Oxford, United Kingdom, on August 16, 1857. It is named after Hestia, a goddess of Greek mythology.

Orbital characteristics

Hestia is located at an average distance of 2,525 AU from the Sun, being able to move away up to 2,959 AU and approach up to 2,091 AU. It has an orbital inclination of 2.345° and an eccentricity of 0.1717. It takes 1,466 days to complete one orbit around the Sun.