805 Hormuthia
Encyclopedia
805 Hormuthia is a minor planet
orbiting the Sun
. This asteroid follows an elliptical orbit through the main asteroid belt
that reaches perihelion just outside the Kirkwood gap
at 2.5 AU
. The estimated diameter is 73 km, and it is one of the 500 largest asteroids.
Minor planet
An asteroid group or minor-planet group is a population of minor planets that have a share broadly similar orbits. Members are generally unrelated to each other, unlike in an asteroid family, which often results from the break-up of a single asteroid...
orbiting the Sun
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields...
. This asteroid follows an elliptical orbit through the main asteroid belt
Asteroid belt
The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets...
that reaches perihelion just outside the Kirkwood gap
Kirkwood gap
A Kirkwood gap is a gap or dip in the distribution of main-belt asteroids with semi-major axis , as seen in the histogram below...
at 2.5 AU
Astronomical unit
An astronomical unit is a unit of length equal to about or approximately the mean Earth–Sun distance....
. The estimated diameter is 73 km, and it is one of the 500 largest asteroids.
External links
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets
- 805 Hormuthia (1915 WW) at the JPL Small-Body database.
- List of 500 largest asteroids