About 1943 Anteros (1973 EC)
1943 Anteros (1973 EC) is a trash neo. It swings within 1.064 AU of the Sun at perihelion.
Roughly 2.3 km across.
Trash neo 13 EP
1943 Anteros (1973 EC)
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Score breakdown
· 2 badgesTrash 15 pts → Common
- Has a proper name +8
- Near-Earth object +5
Total score 13
2 more points to reach Common.
Badges
- Near-Earth object · +5
- 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 2.3 km across.
- Ancient. A leftover from the Solar System's birth, older than every continent on Earth.
Properties
- diameter km
- 2.3
- eccentricity
- 0.2562
- h mag
- 15.66
- inclination
- 8.71
- name
- 1943 Anteros (1973 EC)
- named
- yes
- orbit class
- AMO
- perihelion au
- 1.0644
- semi major au
- 1.431
How to see it
Like any astronomical target, 1943 Anteros (1973 EC) 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 1943 Anteros (1973 EC) is a trash neo
1943 Anteros (1973 EC) scores 13 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 2 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 2 science badges — Near-Earth object 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.