(2882) Tedesco
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Asteroid (2882) Tedesco |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Outer main belt |
| Asteroid family | Themis family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1525 ± 0.0002 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1936 ± 0.0004 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.542 ± 0.0012 AU - 3.7629 ± 0.0002 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 0.2899 ± 0.0415 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 314.3382 ± 0.0008 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 6.9346 ± 0.0008 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | January 17, 2021 |
| Sidereal period | 5.6 a ± 0.1642 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 21.912 ± 0.216 km |
| Albedo | 0.084 ± 0.012 |
| Rotation period | 19.805 h |
| Absolute brightness | 11.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Edward LG Bowell
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| Date of discovery | July 26, 1981 |
| Another name | 1981 OG ; 1936 QG; 1953 SF; 1964 PL; 1970 QF 1 |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(2882) Tedesco ( 1981 OG ; 1936 QG ; 1953 SF ; 1964 PL ; 1970 QF 1 ) is an approximately 22 km large asteroid of the outer main belt that was discovered on July 26, 1981 by the American astronomer Edward LG Bowell at the Lowell Observatory , Anderson Mesa Station ( Anderson Mesa ) near Flagstaff , Arizona ( IAU code 688). It belongs to the Themis family , a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .
designation
(2882) Tedesco was named after the planetologist Edward F. Tedesco , who worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and made valuable contributions to the study of minor planets .
See also
Web links
- (2882) Tedesco in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2882) Tedesco in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
Individual evidence
- ^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on September 21, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1981 OG. Discovered 1981 July 26 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2881) Avoid | numbering | (2883) Barabashov |