742 Edisona

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.

742 Edisona
Discovery
Discovered byFranz Kaiser
Discovery siteHeidelberg
Discovery date23 February 1913
Designations
(742) Edisona
1913 QU
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc102.98 yr (37612 d)
Aphelion3.3678 AU (503.82 Gm)
Perihelion2.6535 AU (396.96 Gm)
3.0107 AU (450.39 Gm)
Eccentricity0.11862
5.22 yr (1908.1 d)
65.177°
0° 11m 19.212s / day
Inclination11.219°
64.214°
284.294°
Earth MOID1.67537 AU (250.632 Gm)
Jupiter MOID2.11567 AU (316.500 Gm)
TJupiter3.210
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
22.80±1.75 km
18.52 h (0.772 d)
0.1286±0.022
9.55

    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

    1. Yeomans, Donald K., "742 Edisona", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 5 May 2016.
    2. Veeder, G. J.; et al. (March 1995), "Eos, Koronis, and Maria family asteroids: Infrared (JHK) photometry" (PDF), Icarus, 114, pp. 186–196, Bibcode:1995Icar..114..186V, CiteSeerX 10.1.1.31.2739, doi:10.1006/icar.1995.1053.


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