About 433 Eros (A898 PA)
433 Eros (A898 PA) is a common neo. It swings within 1.133 AU of the Sun at perihelion.
Roughly 16.8 km across.
Common neo 21 EP
433 Eros (A898 PA)
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Live ephemeris
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Score breakdown
· 3 badgesCommon 24 pts → Uncommon
- Notably bright (low H) +8
- Has a proper name +8
- Near-Earth object +5
Total score 21
3 more points to reach Uncommon.
Badges
- Near-Earth object · +5
- Notably bright (low H) · +8
- Has a proper name · +8
Trivia
How we found it
- Named. Notable enough to have earned a proper name, not just a catalogue number.
Cosmic context
- Size. Roughly 16.8 km across.
- Ancient. A leftover from the Solar System's birth, older than every continent on Earth.
Properties
- diameter km
- 16.84
- eccentricity
- 0.2229
- h mag
- 10.4
- inclination
- 10.83
- name
- 433 Eros (A898 PA)
- named
- yes
- orbit class
- AMO
- perihelion au
- 1.133
- semi major au
- 1.458
How to see it
Like any astronomical target, 433 Eros (A898 PA) is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. Because it moves against the background stars, the live position panel on this page tracks where it is right now. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.
Why 433 Eros (A898 PA) is a common neo
433 Eros (A898 PA) scores 21 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Near-Earth object, Notably bright (low H) and Has a proper name — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.