(196256) 2003 EH1

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Discovered by LONEOS (699) MPC designation (196256) 2003 EH1 Observation arc 4035 days (11.05 yr) Absolute magnitude 16.2		Discovery date 6 March 2003 Minor planet category Amor NEOextinct comet Discovered 6 March 2003 Asteroid group Amor asteroid

Aphelion 5.055446 AU (756.2840 Gm) (Q) Discoverer Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search Discovery site Lowell Observatory, Anderson Mesa Station Similar 96P/Machholz, C/1861 G1 (Thatcher), 3200 Phaethon, 55P/Tempel–Tuttle, 21P/Giacobini–Zinner

(196256) 2003 EH₁ is a small Solar System body discovered in March 2003. Peter Jenniskens (2003–2004) proposed that it is the parent body of the Quadrantid meteor shower. 2003 EH₁ is likely an extinct comet and may even be related to the comet C/1490 Y1. 2003 EH₁ came to perihelion on 12 March 2014.

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