742 Edisona
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| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by | Franz Kaiser |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | February 23, 1913 |
| Designations | |
| Alternative names | 1913 QU |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch August 18, 2005 (JDCT 2453600.5) | |
| Aphelion | 3.370 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.653 AU |
| Semi-major axis | 3.012 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.119 |
| Orbital period | 5.226 a |
| Mean anomaly | 28.434° |
| Inclination | 11.215° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 64.368° |
| Argument of perihelion | 286.233° |
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742 Edisona is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer Franz Kaiser on February 23, 1913.
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
- ↑ Yeomans, Donald K., "742 Edisona", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ↑ Veeder, G. J. et al. (March 1995), "Eos, Koronis, and Maria family asteroids: Infrared (JHK) photometry", Icarus 114: 186–196, Bibcode:1995Icar..114..186V, doi:10.1006/icar.1995.1053, retrieved 2013-04-06.
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