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Uncommon neo 27 EP

Pygmalion

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Score breakdown

· 4 badges
27 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • Darker than charcoal +10
  • Has a proper name +8
  • Near-Earth object +5
  • Amor: shadows Earth's orbit from outside +4
Total score 27

7 more points to reach Rare.

Badges

  • Near-Earth object · +5
  • Has a proper name · +8
  • Amor: shadows Earth's orbit from outside · +4
  • Darker than charcoal · +10

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Its orbit family. An Amor-class object. It approaches Earth's orbit from outside without ever crossing it — named for the asteroid Amor, which swept past at 16 million km in 1932.
  • Closest approach. At its nearest it comes within 1.26 AU of the Sun — inside the orbit of Mars.
  • One lap. A single orbit around the Sun takes it about 2.5 years.
  • How far it roams. Its orbit swings between 1.26 and 2.38 AU from the Sun.

Sense of scale

  • Sense of scale. In everyday terms it is roughly 0.4× the height of Mount Everest.

By the numbers

  • Size. Roughly 3.6 km across.

What's in a name

  • Named. Notable enough to have earned a proper name, not just a catalogue number.

Properties

albedo
0.041
aphelion au
2.38
designation
96189
diameter km
3.605
eccentricity
0.307
full name
96189 Pygmalion (1991 NT3)
h mag
16.48
inclination
14
mean motion deg day
0.4012
moid au
0.333
name
Pygmalion
named
yes
orbit class
AMO
perihelion au
1.262
semi major au
1.821

About Pygmalion

Pygmalion is an uncommon neo. It swings within 1.262 AU of the Sun at perihelion.

An Amor-class object. It approaches Earth's orbit from outside without ever crossing it — named for the asteroid Amor, which swept past at 16 million km in 1932.

How to see it

Like any astronomical target, Pygmalion 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 Pygmalion is an uncommon neo

Pygmalion scores 27 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 7 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 4 science badges — Near-Earth object, Has a proper name, Amor: shadows Earth's orbit from outside and Darker than charcoal — 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.