3103 Eger
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| Discovery A | |
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| Discoverer | Miklós Lovas |
| Discovery date | January 20, 1982 |
| Alternate designations B |
1982 BB |
| Category | Apollo, Mars crosser |
| Orbital elements C | |
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| Eccentricity (e) | .354 |
| Semi-major axis (a) | 210.158 Gm (1.405 AU) |
| Perihelion (q) | 135.672 Gm (0.907 AU) |
| Aphelion (Q) | 284.640 Gm (1.904 AU) |
| Orbital period (P) | 608.208 d 1.665 a |
| Mean orbital speed | 40.496 km/s |
| Inclination (i) | 20.931° |
| Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) |
129.834° |
| Argument of perihelion (ω) |
253.967° |
| Mean anomaly (M) | 55.517° |
| Physical characteristics D | |
| Dimensions | km |
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| Rotation period | h |
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| Absolute magnitude | 15.0 |
| Albedo (geometric) | .53 |
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3103 Eger is an Apollo and Mars-crosser asteroid that was discovered in 1982, by Miklós Lovas. It was named after the city of Eger, Hungary.
It makes eight approaches to Earth less than 30 Gm (.2 AU) in the 20th and 21st centuries. The last close approach was in August 2006 at 19.2 Gm. The next is in 2011 at 22.9 Gm.
Interestingly, 3103 Eger is the only asteroid besides 4 Vesta identified as the parent body for specific meteorites. 4 Vesta is the parent body for Howardite, Eucrite, and Diogenite meteorites, while 3103 Eger is the parent body for Aubrite meteorites.
[edit] References
- NeoDys
- NASA JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 3103 Eger
- Mineralogy of Asteroids
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