200760EG

200760EG is a fictional minor planet designation used in educational materials and fictional contexts to illustrate how small Solar System bodies are discovered, tracked, and analyzed. In the imagined scenario, 200760EG is classified as a main-belt asteroid with an orbit lying roughly between 2.4 and 3.2 astronomical units from the Sun. Its orbit is moderately inclined and mildly eccentric, with an inclination of about 6 degrees and an eccentricity near 0.08, yielding an orbital period around 4.7 years. The object is depicted as having a diameter of approximately 3.5 kilometers and an albedo near 0.25, with an absolute magnitude consistent with that size.

Discovery and designation in the fictional account are presented as typical steps in asteroid studies. The object is imagined to have been first detected in 2007 by a wide-field survey, receiving a provisional designation such as 2007 EG, before follow-up observations led to it being assigned the permanent number 200760 in the educational material. The designation 200760EG serves to demonstrate how numbers and provisional codes are used in tandem during the process of cataloging Solar System bodies.

In practical use, 200760EG appears in problem sets and simulations to illustrate orbit determination, light-curve analysis for rotation period and shape inference, and basic thermal modeling for diameter and albedo estimation. Because it is a fictional construct, no real observational data exist for 200760EG, and the parameters are chosen to exemplify standard methods rather than reflect any actual object.