453 Tea
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Not to be confused with 405 Thia.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery site | Nice |
| Discovery date | February 22, 1900 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 453 |
| Alternative names | 1900 FA |
| Minor planet category | Main belt (Flora family) |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch August 27, 2011 | |
| Aphelion | 2.420614491451211 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.947289669046115 AU |
| Semi-major axis | 2.183952080248663 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.1083642875422441 |
| Orbital period | 1178.862313867092 d 3.23 a |
| Mean anomaly | 129.079678585004° |
| Inclination | 5.555727802417551° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 11.78885424982961° |
| Argument of perihelion | 220.1459025596231° |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 20.93 km |
| Rotation period | 6.812 h |
| Albedo | 0.1827 |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.86 |
453 Tea is an S-type asteroid[2] belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its diameter is about 21 km and it has an albedo of 0.183.[3] Its rotation period is 6.4 hours.[4]
In the 1980s Tea was considered as a target for the planned French Vesta spacecraft.[5] The spacecraft was not built.
Tea was discovered by Auguste Charlois on February 22, 1900. Its provisional name was 1900 FA. It is unknown after what it was named.[6]
References [edit]
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- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer. p. 51. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.
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