The orbit is located at the mid zone of the main belt. It has a perihelion of 2.28 AU and an aphelion of 3.26 AU. The semimajor axis is at 2.77 AU. It has an orbital period of 4 years and 226 days. It has an inclination of 16.3º.It has a diameter of about 222 km.
Photometric observations were carried out in the years 1982, 1985, 1987-1988, 2002 and 2004. Star were occulted in June of 1978, June of 2002 and April of 2015.
Orbital resonance:
2:15 with Venus (99.8%)
18:7 with Jupiter (99.8%)
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11:14 with Vesta (99.9%)
1:1 with Ceres-Pallas (99.6%)
11:8 with Cybele (99.9%)
13:12 with Psyche (99.8%)
6:5 with Hygiea (99.4%)
Historical character
The asteroid (532) Herculina was discovered by Max Wolf (1863-1932), whose father strove to inculcate interest in science, building a small observatory in the garden of his family home. After completing his postgraduate studies, he accepted a teaching post at Heidelberg University, rejecting positions at other institutions for several years. He participated actively in the supervision of the construction of the observatory Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl, where he worked as a director, once inaugurated and until his death.
(532) Herculina is related to education and teaching (11:8 resonance with Cybele). It has the capacity to transmit patterns of behavior and norms of coexistence to children, like in the movie "Superman" (1978); or procedures and company policy to workers who have just joined into the company, like in the movie "Unstoppable" (2010).
"Unstoppable" (2010)
Cesar Millán, canine trainer and instructor in the TV series "The Dog Whisperer" (2004), has Herculina in Sagittarius and in the 4th Moon-Node House, in conjunction with Mars and the Great Attractor.
