(99581) Egal Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 March 2002 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Auriane Egal (b. 1991 ) is a postdoctoral associate at Western University in London, Canada. Her research focuses on the observation, modeling and prediction of meteor showers.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 27), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Egal is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Egal is 3.08 au from the Sun and 2.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 99581 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 FQ35 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.66 km (#6,930 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0460 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.45 |
| Orbital period | 5.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 4.16 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.317 |
| Inclination | 24.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.30 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.