(96) Aegle

(96) Aegle is an asteroid belonging to the asteroid belt discovered by Jérôme Eugène Coggia on February 17, 1868 from the Marseille observatory, France. It is named after Eglé, a little god from Greek mythology.

Orbital characteristics

Aegle orbits at an average distance from the Sun of 3,052 AU, and can get as close as 2,628 AU. It has an orbital inclination of 15.97° and an eccentricity of 0.139. It takes 1948 days to complete one orbit around the Sun.