453 Tea

Tea[4] (minor planet designation: 453 Tea) is an S-type asteroid[5] belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt.[3] Its diameter is about 21 km and it has an albedo of 0.183.[6] Its rotation period is 6.4 hours.[7]

Not to be confused with 405 Thia.
453 Tea
Discovery
Discovered byAuguste Charlois
Discovery siteNice
Discovery date22 February 1900
Designations
(453) Tea
PronunciationFrench: [te.a][1]
1900 FA
Main belt (Flora family)
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc116.15 yr (42424 d)
Aphelion2.4219 AU (362.31 Gm)
Perihelion1.9452 AU (291.00 Gm)
2.1836 AU (326.66 Gm)
Eccentricity0.1092
3.23 yr (1178.6 d)
318.7251°
0° 18m 19.8s / day
Inclination5.5512°
11.7240°
220.40893°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions20.93±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.[8] 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.[9]

    References
    1. The English would presumably be /ˈteɪə/ or /ˈtiːə/ (rhyming with "Thea"), but either way not like the English word "tea".
    2. "453 Tea (1900 FA)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
    3. Kryszczynska, A.; et al. (October 2012). "Do Slivan states exist in the Flora family?. I. Photometric survey of the Flora region". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 546: 51. Bibcode:2012A&A...546A..72K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219199. A72.
    4. pronounced as two syllables
    5. "Asteroid Taxonomy". Archived from the original on 17 January 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2007.
    6. "IRAS Minor Planet Survey (IMPS)". Archived from the original on 17 January 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
    7. "Asteroid Lightcurve Parameters". Archived from the original on 14 June 2006. Retrieved 3 November 2008.
    9. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer. p. 51. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014.


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