2882 Tedesco
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. Bowell |
| Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Stn. |
| Discovery date | 26 July 1981 |
| Designations | |
| (2882) Tedesco | |
Named after | Ed Tedesco (American astronomer) |
| 1981 OG · 1936 QG 1953 SF · 1964 PL 1970 QF1 | |
| main-belt · (outer) Themis | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 81.51 yr (29,770 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.7624 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.5429 AU |
| 3.1527 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1934 |
| 5.60 yr (2,045 d) | |
| 178.19° | |
| 0° 10m 33.96s / day | |
| Inclination | 0.2898° |
| 314.33° | |
| 7.0021° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 20.89±5.43 km 21.48 km (calculated) 21.912±0.216 km 22.78±6.57 km 24.93±0.64 km | |
| 19.805±0.008 h 19.815±0.0195 h | |
| 0.06±0.06 0.065±0.014 0.08±0.11 0.084±0.012 | |
| C (Pan-STARRS) C (SDSS-MOC) | |
| 11.60 11.683±0.002 (R) 11.7 11.87 11.96±0.32 | |
2882 Tedesco, provisional designation 1981 OG, is a Themistian asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 22 kilometers (14 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 26 July 1981, by astronomer Edward Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station near Flagstaff, Arizona. The likely elongated C-type asteroid has a rotation period of 19.8 hours. It was named for American astronomer Ed Tedesco.