3103 Eger
Synodic rotation period | 5.710156±0.000007 h[3] | |
| 0.64[1] | ||
| E | ||
| 15.38[1] | ||
3103 Eger is an
making it a highly reflective asteroid.Description
It has made and will continue to make many close approaches to Earth. Its closest approach occurred on 6 August 1996, when the asteroid passed 0.11509 AU (17.217 Gm) from Earth.
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.
See also
- Aubrite
- Hungaria family
- (144898) 2004 VD17
- 44 Nysa
- 2867 Šteins
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "3103 Eger". JPL Small-Body Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. SPK-ID: 3103. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ^ "(162058) 1997AE12". NEODyS. University of Pisa. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ .
External links
- Mineralogy of Asteroids
- Relation between E-asteroids, 3103 Eger and 434 Hungaria
- Relations between E-type asteroids 2867 Šteins, a target of the Rosetta mission, and 3103 Eger
- 3103 Eger in the Ondrejov NEO program
- Benner, et al. - Radar Detection of Near-Earth Asteroids 2062 Aten, 2101 Adonis, 3103 Eger, 4544 Xanthus, and 1992 QN (1997)
- 3103 Eger at NeoDyS-2, Near Earth Objects—Dynamic Site
- 3103 Eger at ESA–space situational awareness
- 3103 Eger at the JPL Small-Body Database
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