453 Tea
Main-belt asteroid
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453 Tea[a] is an S-type asteroid[4] belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt.[3] Its diameter is about 21 km and it has an albedo of 0.183.[5] Its rotation period is 6.4 hours.[6]
Lightcurve-base 3D-model of 453 Tea. | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery site | Nice |
| Discovery date | 22 February 1900 |
| Designations | |
| (453) Tea | |
| Pronunciation | French: [te.a][1] |
| 1900 FA | |
| Main belt (Flora family) | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 116.15 yr (42424 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.4219 AU (362.31 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.9452 AU (291.00 Gm) |
| 2.1836 AU (326.66 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1092 |
| 3.23 yr (1178.6 d) | |
| 318.7251° | |
| 0° 18m 19.8s / day | |
| Inclination | 5.5512° |
| 11.7240° | |
| 2023-May-27 | |
| 220.40893° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 20.93±1.1 km |
| 6.811 ± 0.001 h (0.283792 ± 4.2×10−5 d)[3] | |
| 0.1827±0.022 | |
| S | |
| 10.5 | |
In the 1980s Tea was considered as a target for the planned French Vesta spacecraft.[7] 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.[8]
It came to opposition at apparent magnitude 12.2 on 3 May 2023 and then perihelion on 27 May 2023.[2]
Notes
- Pronounced as two syllables.
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