742 Edisona
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Franz Kaiser |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 23 February 1913 |
| Designations | |
| (742) Edisona | |
| 1913 QU | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 102.98 yr (37612 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.3678 AU (503.82 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.6535 AU (396.96 Gm) |
| 3.0107 AU (450.39 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.11862 |
| 5.22 yr (1908.1 d) | |
| 65.177° | |
| 0° 11m 19.212s / day | |
| Inclination | 11.219° |
| 64.214° | |
| 284.294° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.67537 AU (250.632 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.11567 AU (316.500 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 3.210 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 22.80±1.75 km | |
| 18.52 h (0.772 d) | |
| 0.1286±0.022 | |
| 9.55 | |
742 Edisona is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer Franz Kaiser on February 23, 1913. It was named for inventor Thomas Edison.[citation needed]
This is a member of the dynamic Eos family of asteroids that most likely formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.[2]
References
- ^ Yeomans, Donald K., "742 Edisona", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ Veeder, G. J.; et al. (March 1995), "Eos, Koronis, and Maria family asteroids: Infrared (JHK) photometry" (PDF), Icarus, vol. 114, pp. 186–196, Bibcode:1995Icar..114..186V, CiteSeerX 10.1.1.31.2739, doi:10.1006/icar.1995.1053.
External links
- 742 Edisona at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 742 Edisona at the JPL Small-Body Database
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