Hebe (asteroid)

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Hebe  ( 6 Hebe) is a large asteroid.  It orbits the Sun in our solar system's asteroid belt. It has around 0.5% of the mass of the belt.   Hebe is the fifth-brightest object in the asteroid belt after Vesta, Ceres, Iris, and Pallas. It has a mean opposition magnitude of +8.3, about equal to the mean brightness of Titan, and can reach +7.5 at an opposition near perihelion.

Hebe is named after the Greek goddess of youth, Hebe.
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Category:Asteroids