13 Egeria

Asteroid 13 Egeria, discovered on November 2, 1850, by the Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis, is a notable member of the asteroid belt positioned between Mars and Jupiter. Named after Egeria, a nymph in Roman mythology associated with wisdom and childbirth, this asteroid has an estimated diameter of around 217 kilometers (135 miles). Egeria orbits the Sun at an average distance of approximately 328 million kilometers (204 million miles), completing its orbit in roughly 5.6 Earth years.