3103 Eger

3103 Eger

A three-dimensional model of 3103 Eger based on its light curve.
Discovery
Discovered by Miklós Lovas
Discovery date January 20, 1982
Designations
Named after
 Eger
1982 BB
Apollo, Mars crosser
Orbital characteristics
Epoch January 1, 2007 (JD 2454101.5 )
Aphelion 284.640 Gm (1.903 AU)
Perihelion 135.672 Gm (0.907 AU)
210.158 Gm (1.405 AU)
Eccentricity .354
608.208 d 1.665 a
40.496 km/s
55.517°
Inclination 20.931°
129.834°
253.967°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions km
h
Albedo .53
Spectral type
 E
15.0

    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 (0.2 AU) in the 20th and 21st centuries. The last close approach was in August 2011 at 22.9 Gm (0.15 AU).

    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. In this characteristic 3103 Eger is related spectroscopically to the 434 Hungaria type asteroids, which are a Hirayama-family of orbital types, and E-type asteroids which form a spectroscopical type.

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