2244 Tesla
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | M. B. Protić |
| Discovery site | Belgrade Obs. |
| Discovery date | 22 October 1952 |
| Designations | |
| (2244) Tesla | |
Named after | Nikola Tesla (Serbian inventor) |
| 1952 UW1 · 1938 UE1 1938 WE · 1949 AA 1966 UB · 1976 YR3 1980 SV · 1980 TJ15 | |
| main-belt · (middle) | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 64.62 yr (23,602 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.3186 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.3020 AU |
| 2.8103 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1809 |
| 4.71 yr (1,721 days) | |
| 260.21° | |
| 0° 12m 33.12s / day | |
| Inclination | 7.8234° |
| 106.49° | |
| 297.81° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 24.377±0.030 km 29 km |
| 0.050±0.003 | |
| SMASS = C | |
| 11.9 | |
2244 Tesla, provisional designation 1952 UW1, is a carbonaceous asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 25 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 22 October 1952, by Serbian astronomer Milorad Protić at the Belgrade Observatory, then Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, now Serbia. It is named after the inventor Nikola Tesla.