Henrietta is a large asteroid that orbits between Mars and Jupiter in the outer reaches of the main asteroid belt. NASA JPL has not classified Henrietta as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
Henrietta orbits the sun every 2,280 days (6.24 years), coming as close as 2.50 AU and reaching as far as 4.29 AU from the sun. Henrietta is about 95.9 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, comparable in size to the U.S. state of Delaware.
The rotation of Henrietta has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 7.36 hours.
Henrietta's spectral type F (Tholen) / None (SMASSII) indicates that it is likely to contain water, iron, nickel, cobalt, nitrogen, and ammonia.
Henrietta's orbit is 1.59 AU from Earth's orbit at its closest point. This means that there is an extremely wide berth between this asteroid and Earth at all times.
Orbital simulations conducted by NASA JPL's CNEOS do not show any close approaches to Earth.
Henrietta's orbit is determined by observations dating back to May 11, 1895. It was last officially observed on May 9, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 4,721 observations used to determine its orbit.
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