(742) Edisona
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Asteroid (742) Edisona |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Eos family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.0116 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1190 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6531 AU - 3.37 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 11.215 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.226 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 15.16 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 45.6 km |
| Albedo | 0.129 |
| Rotation period | 18.386 h |
| Absolute brightness | 9.416 likes |
| Spectral class | K |
| history | |
| Explorer | Franz Kaiser |
| Date of discovery | February 23, 1913 |
| Another name | 1913 QU |
| 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. | |
(742) Edisona is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 23 February 1913 by the German astronomer Franz in Heidelberg was discovered.
The name is derived from the famous American inventor Thomas Alva Edison .