Eros
433 Eros
Eros
Asteroid
Gemini
Sichtbar
Stufe 4
Large telescope (10"+) - Timing dependent
Eigenschaften
Helligkeit
7.0
Type: Asteroid
Distance: 1.458 AU
Orbital Period: 643.1 days
Diameter: 17 km
Features: Himeros saddle, Shoemaker crater
First near-Earth asteroid discovered; target of NEAR Shoemaker mission which orbited and landed on Eros in 2001; elongated peanut shape (34 x 11 x 11 km); S-type asteroid; can approach within 0.15 AU of Earth.
Position & Bezeichnungen
RA
06h 27m 41.0s
Dec
+11° 51' 06.5"
Sternbild
Gemini
Katalog
Eros
Physikalische Eigenschaften
Durchmesser
17 km
Masse
6.687e15 kg
Albedo
0.25
(25% reflected)
Temperatur
100°C
Rotation
5.3 hours
Oberfläche
Himeros saddle, Shoemaker crater
Winkeldurchmesser
0.0″ (current)
Bahneigenschaften
Große Halbachse
1.4581 AU
(218.1 million km)
Exzentrizität
0.2228
Bahnneigung
10.83°
Umlaufzeit
643.1 days
Entfernung
0.597 AU
(5.0 light-min)
Elongation
90.6°
Good
Beobachtungstipps
Beste Monate
January
, February
Sichtbarkeit
Binoculars at close approach
Wo zu finden
Near-Earth asteroid (Amor group)
Hinweise
First near-Earth asteroid discovered; target of NEAR Shoemaker mission which orbited and landed on Eros in 2001; elongated peanut shape (34 x 11 x 11 km); S-type asteroid; can approach within 0.15 AU of Earth.
Entdeckung
Entdeckt von
Carl Gustav Witt
Datum
1898-08-13
Aktuelle Ephemeriden
0.597
AU from Earth
89.4M
km
0.0″
Winkeldurchmesser
91°
Elongation
Sichtbarkeit
Standort in den Benutzereinstellungen festlegen um Sichtbarkeitsdaten zu sehen.