Eros

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Oct 2001

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5258. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar System, Asteroids

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The first Amor asteroid to be discovered, independently by Gustav Witt and Auguste Charlois in 1898, designated (433) Eros. The asteroid orbits the Sun at a mean distance of 1.46 AU, or 218 million km (perihelion 1.13 AU, aphelion 1.78 AU), in a period of 1.76 years; inclination 11°, eccentricity 0.22. Its rotation period is 5.3 h. Eros is an S-type asteroid, with a reflection spectrum similar to...

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