2002 Euler
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova |
| Discovery date | August 29, 1973 |
| Designations | |
Named after | Leonhard Euler |
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1938 DW; 1942 GJ; 1953 EB; 1973 QQ1; 1973 SJ2 | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch February 4, 2008 (JD 2454500.5) | |
| Aphelion | 386.337 Gm (2.583 AU) |
| Perihelion | 336.913 Gm (2.252 AU) |
| 361.625 Gm (2.417 AU) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.068 |
| 1372.770 d (3.76 a) | |
Average orbital speed | 19.13 km/s |
| 163.944° | |
| Inclination | 8.507° |
| 178.739° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 17.44 km |
| Mass | 5.5×1015 kg |
Mean density | 2.0 g/cm³ |
| 0.0049 m/s² | |
| 0.0092 km/s | |
Sidereal rotation period | 9.9929 d |
| ?° | |
Pole ecliptic latitude | ? |
Pole ecliptic longitude | ? |
| Albedo | 0.0839 |
| Temperature | ~179 K |
Spectral type | ? |
| 12.1 | |
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2002 Euler is an asteroid named after the Swiss mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler. The asteroid was discovered on August 29, 1973, by Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova.
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