433 Eros, generally known as Eros, is a stony asteroid of the Amor group and the first near-Earth object ever discovered, found by the German astronomer C. G. Witt in 1898. It has an elongated shape with a volume-equivalent diameter of approximately 16.8 kilometres.
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Object TypeNear-Earth asteroid (Amor group) 1 Discovery Year Connections
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433 Eros, generally known as Eros, is a stony asteroid of the Amor group and the first near-Earth object ever discovered, found by the German astronomer C.
Orbits: Sun, 433 Eros, infobox (orbital period, edges wave 2)
Orbital period (sidereal) 1.76 yr (643 days)
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433 Eros, lead section
a stony asteroid of the Amor group
433 Eros, infobox (Discovery date)
13 August 1898
- In Category: Celestial Objects, 433 Eros, Wikipedia summary
In Group: Near-Earth Asteroids, Lead sentence
433 Eros is a stony asteroid of the Amor group, and the first discovered, and second-largest near-Earth object.
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