(2244) Tesla
Asteroid (2244) Tesla |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.8106 AE |
eccentricity | 0.1809 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.3021 AU - 3.3191 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.8232 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.77 a or 1721 d |
Mean orbital velocity | 17.79 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | approx. 24 km |
Albedo | 0.05 |
Absolute brightness | 11.8 mag |
Spectral class | SMASSII: C |
history | |
Explorer | Milorad B. Protic |
Date of discovery | October 22, 1952 |
Another name | 1952 UW 1 , 1938 UE 1 , 1938 WE, 1949 AA, 1966 UB, 1976 YR 3 , 1980 SV, 1980 TJ 15 |
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. |
(2244) Tesla is an asteroid in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter . It was discovered on October 22, 1952 by the Serbian astronomer Milorad B. Protić and dedicated to the famous inventor of Serbian origin in the United States, Nikola Tesla .
(2244) Tesla has an eccentricity value of 0.178. The inclination of the orbit plane to the reference plane is about 8 °. The asteroid was classified as a type C asteroid according to spectral analyzes from 1995 and 2002 using the SMASS method . Asteroids of this type are the most common types with a share of 75%.
Tesla, which is a carbonaceous surface to its light reflectivity, albedo explained of only 0.05.
See also
source
- (2244) Tesla in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .