(95824) Elger Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 March 2003 by CSS at Catalina.
Thomas Gwyn Empy Elger (1836-1897) was a British selenographer who was the first Director of the Lunar Section of the British Astronomical Association. His book The Moon (1895) is considered a classic lunar observing guide for the amateur astronomers of that time.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Elger is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Elger is 1.95 au from the Sun and 2.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 95824 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 FP85 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.32 |
| Orbital period | 3.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.83 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.170 |
| Inclination | 4.23° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.817 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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