(2882) Tedesco

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Asteroid
(2882) Tedesco
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
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 United StatesUnited States Edward LG Bowell
Date of discovery July 26, 1981
Another name 1981 OG ; 1936 QG; 1953 SF; 1964 PL; 1970 QF 1
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(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 .

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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
(2881) Avoid numbering (2883) Barabashov