(336694) Fey

Asteroid (336694) Fey
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: February 16, 2017 ( JD 2,457,800.5)
Orbit type	Main outer belt asteroid
Asteroid family	Veritas family
Major semi-axis	3.1724 AU
eccentricity	0.0608
Perihelion - aphelion	2.9796 AU - 3.3652 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	8.6878 °
Length of the ascending node	354.3751 °
Argument of the periapsis	324.0024 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	October 28, 2017
Sidereal period	5.65 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	4.409 km (± 0.897)
Albedo	0.051 (± 0.021)
Absolute brightness	15.7 mag
history
Explorer	WISE
Date of discovery	January 8, 2010
Another name	2010 AH ₈₉ , 2004 DO ₆₅
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(336694) Fey is an asteroid located in the outer main belt that was discovered by the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer ( IAU code C51) on January 8, 2010, an unmanned space telescope operated by NASA that began operations in January 2010. The asteroid had already been sighted on February 22nd and 26th, 2004 under the provisional designation 2004 DO ₆₅ at the remote station of the Steward Observatory on Kitt Peak .

The asteroid belongs to the Veritas family, a group of asteroids named after (490) Veritas and probably formed 8.3 (± 0.5) million years ago when an asteroid with a diameter of 150 km broke apart. The timeless (not osculating ) orbital elements of (336,694) Fey are almost identical to those of nine other asteroids, one of which (19048) 9567 PL , (157419) 2004 TJ ₂₉₆ and (148,384) Dalcanton are the largest when speaking of the absolute brightness goes out.

With an albedo of 0.05, (336694) Fey has a dark surface.

The asteroid was named after the American author , comedian and actress Tina Fey on February 22, 2016 .

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