Egeria (minor planet designation: 13 Egeria) is a large main-belt G-type asteroid.[9] It was discovered by Annibale de Gasparis on November 2, 1850. Egeria was named by Urbain Le Verrier, whose computations led to the discovery of Neptune, after the mythological nymph Egeria of Aricia, Italy, the wife of Numa Pompilius, second king of Rome.[10]
OCCULT4 visualization of 13 Egeria occultation event of January 22, 2008
Egeria occulted a star on January 8, 1992. Its disc was determined to be quite circular (217×196km). On January 22, 2008, it occulted another star, and this occultation was timed by several observers in New Mexico and Arizona, coordinated by the IOTA Asteroid Occultation Program.[4] The result showed that Egeria presented an approximately circular profile to Earth of 214.8×192km, well in agreement with the 1992 occultation.[citation needed] It has also been studied by radar.[11]
In 1988 a search for satellites or dust orbiting this asteroid was performed using the UH88 telescope at the Mauna Kea Observatories, but the effort came up empty.[12] Spectral analysis of Egeria shows it to be unusually high in water content, 10.5–11.5% water by mass.[13] This makes Egeria a prominent candidate for future water-mining ventures.
A three-dimensional model of 13 Egeria based on its light curve
See also
Former classification of planets
Notes
(8.0 ± 2.2) × 10−12M☉
References
Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
James Baer, Steven Chesley & Robert Matson (2011) "Astrometric masses of 26 asteroids and observations on asteroid porosity." The Astronomical Journal, Volume 141, Number 5
Gradie, J.; Flynn, L. (March 1988), "A Search for Satellites and Dust Belts Around Asteroids: Negative Results", Abstracts of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, vol.19, pp.405–406, Bibcode:1988LPI....19..405G.
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