+ View the NASA Portal + Near-Earth Object (NEO) Program Search JPL JPL Small-Body Database Browser Search: [ help ]   453 Tea (1900 FA) Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2000453 [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances ] [ show orbit diagram ] Orbital Elements at Epoch 2456400.5 (2013-Apr-18.0) TDB Reference: JPL 42 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)  Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units  e .1089024126498742 5.4538e-08   a 2.182961104276001 6.5494e-09 AU q 1.945231373299511 1.198e-07 AU i 5.550746447795192 6.6489e-06 deg node 11.7364380698213 5.4474e-05 deg peri 220.7527620383942 6.0526e-05 deg M 311.7286234641995 2.8605e-05 deg tp 2456558.462720984997 (2013-Sep-22.96272099) 9.363e-05 JED period 1178.060035483429 3.23 5.3017e-06 1.452e-08 d yr n .3055871425536224 1.3752e-09 deg/d Q 2.420690835252492 7.2626e-09 AU   Orbit Determination Parameters    # obs. used (total)      1415      data-arc span      41322 days (113.13 yr)      first obs. used      1900-02-22      last obs. used      2013-04-12      planetary ephem.      DE405      SB-pert. ephem.      SB405-CPV-2      condition code      0      fit RMS      .54004      data source      ORB      producer      Otto Matic      solution date      2013-Apr-29 12:35:31   Additional Information  Earth MOID = .939074 AU   T_jup = 3.665  [ show covariance matrix ] [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances ] Physical Parameter Table Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes absolute magnitude H 10.86 mag n/a IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 IRAS observations used: 6 diameter diameter 20.93 km 1.1 IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 IRAS observations used: 6 rotation period rot_per 6.812 h n/a Asteroid Lightcurve DataBase (Rev. 2013-May-01) Published Reference List: [Licchelli, D. (2006) Minor Planet Bul. 33, 105-106.] [Kryszczynska, A.; Colas, F.; Polinska, M.; Hirsch, R.; et al. (2012) Astron. Astrophys. 546, A72.] geometric albedo albedo 0.1827   0.022 IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 IRAS observations used: 6 Tholen spectral type spec_T S   n/a EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V4.0 based on a medium resolution spectrum published by Chapman and Gaffey (1979) SMASSII spectral type spec_B S   n/a EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V4.0 based on a high-resolution spectrum by Xu et al. (1995) or Bus and Binzel (2002) 453 Tea (1900 FA)          Discovered 1900-Feb-22 by Charlois, A. at Nice Reference: DISCOVERY.DB Last Updated: 2003-08-29 Alternate Designations  1900 FA = 1969 QC = A901 QA  [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances ] 2013-May-25 16:51 UT (server date/time)   Site Manager:   Donald K. Yeomans Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin