13 Egeria

13 Egeria
A deconvolved image of 13 Egeria by VLT/SPHERE
Discovery
Discovered byAnnibale de Gasparis
Discovery siteNaples Obs.
Discovery date2 November 1850
Designations
(13) Egeria
Pronunciation/ɪˈɪəriə/
Named after
Egeria
1850 VA
Main belt
AdjectivesEgerian
Symbol (historical)
(historical, variant)
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 17.0 October 2024 (JD 2460600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc63566 days (174.03 yr)
Aphelion2.79788 AU
Perihelion2.35759 AU
2.57774 AU
Eccentricity0.085403
4.14 yr (1511.7 d)
18.56 km/s
305.547°
0° 14m 17.34s / day
Inclination16.532°
43.208°
79.222°
Earth MOID1.43636 AU
Jupiter MOID2.35842 AU
TJupiter3.363
Physical characteristics
Dimensions214.8 km × 192 km
238 km × 199 km × 182 km12 km × 11 km × 10 km)
202±3 km
207.6 ± 8.3 km (IRAS)
Flattening0.24
Mass(9.2±2.1)×1018 kg
(15.9±4.4)×1018 kg
Mean density
2.13±0.49 g/cm3
3.4±1.0 g/cm3
Equatorial surface gravity
≈0.0580 m/s2
Equatorial escape velocity
≈0.1098 km/s
7.045 h
7.046664±0.000003 h
59°
38°±
31°±
0.087
0.049 ± 0.028
0.085 ± 0.007
Temperature~174 K
G-type asteroid
9.71 to 12.46
6.91
6.74

13 Egeria is a large main-belt G-type asteroid. It was discovered by Annibale de Gasparis on 2 November 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.