(42295) Teresateng

Asteroid (42295) Teresateng
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: May 23, 2014 ( JD 2,456,800.5)
Orbit type	Inner main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis	2.2186 AU
eccentricity	0.1881
Perihelion - aphelion	1.8011 AU - 2.6361 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	7.1784 °
Length of the ascending node	102.2780 °
Argument of the periapsis	264.7212 °
Sidereal period	3.30 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness	15.0 mag
history
Explorer	William Kwong Yu Yeung
Date of discovery	October 23, 2001
Another name	2001 UG ₁₇ , 1999 CE ₅₉
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(42295) Teresateng is a major inner belt asteroid discovered on October 23, 2001 by the Canadian astronomer of Hong Kong origin William Kwong Yu Yeung at the Desert Beaver Observatory near Eloy , Arizona ( IAU code 919). Unconfirmed sightings of the asteroid had already occurred in February 1999 with the provisional designation 1999 CE ₅₉ at the Lincoln Laboratory Experimental Test System in Socorro , New Mexico .

Mean solar distance ( major semi-axis ), eccentricity and inclination of the orbit plane of the asteroid are similar to the orbital data of the members of the Flora family, a large group of asteroids named after (8) Flora . Asteroids of this family move in a 4: 9 orbital resonance with the planet Mars around the sun . The group is also called the Ariadne family, after the asteroid (43) Ariadne .

(42295) Teresateng was named on June 7, 2009 after the Taiwanese singer Teresa Teng (1953-1995).

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