* Astronomy

Asteroid (13) Egeria is at Opposition in the constellation Lynx on the 8th January 2017.

Magnitude: 10.1
Distance to Earth: 1.440 AU
Distance to Sun: 2.367 AU

Asteroid (13) Egeria is at opposition on the 2nd June 2014.

Magnitude: 10.5 
Distance to Sun: 2.70 AU 
Distance to Earth: 1.70 AU 

Asteroid 13 Egeria occults a +8.1 magnitude star at 00:44 UT , seen from Russia, Europe and North Africa.

Asteroid (13) Egeria (Latin: AEgeria) is a large main-belt G-type asteroid.
It was discovered by A. de Gasparis on November 2, 1850, and was named by Urbain J. J. Le Verrier, whose computations led to the discovery of Neptune. Egeria was a goddess (other sources say a nymph) of Aricia, in Italy, and the wife of Numa Pompilius, second king of Rome.
Egeria occulted a star on January 8, 1992. The former's disc was determined to be quite circular (217x196 km).
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Google earth file: Asteroid (13) Egeria.kmz (9kb, kmz)

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2011 08 14    01 11 21.4 -11 14 00   1.9764  2.7064   126.7    17.5    11.3
2011 08 15    01 11 16.5 -11 16 42   1.9660  2.7057   127.6    17.3    11.3
2011 08 16    01 11 09.9 -11 19 31   1.9556  2.7050   128.5    17.0    11.3
2011 08 17    01 11 01.8 -11 22 24   1.9455  2.7043   129.4    16.8    11.2
2011 08 18    01 10 52.1 -11 25 23   1.9354  2.7036   130.4    16.6    11.2
2011 08 19    01 10 40.7 -11 28 27   1.9255  2.7029   131.3    16.3    11.2
2011 08 20    01 10 27.8 -11 31 35   1.9158  2.7022   132.3    16.1    11.2
2011 08 21    01 10 13.2 -11 34 48   1.9062  2.7014   133.2    15.8    11.2
2011 08 22    01 09 57.0 -11 38 05   1.8968  2.7007   134.1    15.6    11.1
2011 08 23    01 09 39.2 -11 41 27   1.8876  2.7000   135.1    15.3    11.1
2011 08 24    01 09 19.7 -11 44 52   1.8785  2.6993   136.0    15.1    11.1
2011 08 25    01 08 58.6 -11 48 20   1.8696  2.6986   137.0    14.8    11.1
2011 08 26    01 08 35.9 -11 51 52   1.8609  2.6978   138.0    14.5    11.1
2011 08 27    01 08 11.5 -11 55 27   1.8524  2.6971   138.9    14.3    11.0
2011 08 28    01 07 45.6 -11 59 04   1.8440  2.6964   139.9    14.0    11.0
2011 08 29    01 07 18.0 -12 02 43   1.8358  2.6956   140.8    13.7    11.0
2011 08 30    01 06 48.8 -12 06 25   1.8279  2.6949   141.8    13.4    11.0
2011 08 31    01 06 18.0 -12 10 08   1.8201  2.6942   142.8    13.1    11.0
2011 09 01    01 05 45.7 -12 13 52   1.8126  2.6934   143.7    12.8    10.9
2011 09 02    01 05 11.8 -12 17 37   1.8052  2.6927   144.7    12.5    10.9
2011 09 03    01 04 36.4 -12 21 22   1.7981  2.6919   145.6    12.2    10.9
2011 09 04    01 03 59.5 -12 25 08   1.7912  2.6912   146.6    11.9    10.9
2011 09 05    01 03 21.0 -12 28 53   1.7845  2.6904   147.6    11.6    10.9
2011 09 06    01 02 41.2 -12 32 37   1.7780  2.6897   148.5    11.3    10.8
2011 09 07    01 01 59.9 -12 36 21   1.7717  2.6889   149.4    11.0    10.8
2011 09 08    01 01 17.2 -12 40 03   1.7657  2.6882   150.4    10.7    10.8
2011 09 09    01 00 33.1 -12 43 42   1.7599  2.6874   151.3    10.4    10.8
2011 09 10    00 59 47.7 -12 47 20   1.7543  2.6867   152.2    10.1    10.8
2011 09 11    00 59 01.0 -12 50 55   1.7490  2.6859   153.1     9.8    10.7
2011 09 12    00 58 13.0 -12 54 27   1.7439  2.6851   154.0     9.5    10.7
2011 09 13    00 57 23.8 -12 57 56   1.7391  2.6844   154.9     9.2    10.7
2011 09 14    00 56 33.4 -13 01 20   1.7345  2.6836   155.7     8.9    10.7
2011 09 15    00 55 41.8 -13 04 40   1.7301  2.6828   156.5     8.6    10.7
2011 09 16    00 54 49.2 -13 07 56   1.7260  2.6821   157.3     8.3    10.6
2011 09 17    00 53 55.4 -13 11 07   1.7222  2.6813   158.1     8.0    10.6
2011 09 18    00 53 00.7 -13 14 12   1.7186  2.6805   158.8     7.8    10.6
2011 09 19    00 52 05.0 -13 17 11   1.7153  2.6797   159.5     7.5    10.6
2011 09 20    00 51 08.4 -13 20 03   1.7122  2.6790   160.2     7.3    10.6
2011 09 21    00 50 10.9 -13 22 49   1.7094  2.6782   160.8     7.1    10.6
2011 09 22    00 49 12.6 -13 25 28   1.7069  2.6774   161.3     6.9    10.6
2011 09 23    00 48 13.6 -13 27 59   1.7046  2.6766   161.8     6.7    10.5
2011 09 24    00 47 13.9 -13 30 22   1.7026  2.6758   162.3     6.6    10.5
2011 09 25    00 46 13.5 -13 32 37   1.7009  2.6751   162.6     6.4    10.5
2011 09 26    00 45 12.6 -13 34 43   1.6995  2.6743   162.9     6.3    10.5
2011 09 27    00 44 11.3 -13 36 40   1.6983  2.6735   163.1     6.3    10.5
2011 09 28    00 43 09.5 -13 38 27   1.6974  2.6727   163.2     6.2    10.5
2011 09 29    00 42 07.3 -13 40 05   1.6968  2.6719   163.3     6.2    10.5
2011 09 30    00 41 04.9 -13 41 32   1.6964  2.6711   163.2     6.2    10.5