2244 Tesla

2244 Tesla
Discovery [1]
Discovered byM. B. Protić
Discovery siteBelgrade Obs.
Discovery date22 October 1952
Designations
(2244) Tesla
Named after
Nikola Tesla
(Serbian inventor)[2]
1952 UW1 · 1938 UE1
1938 WE · 1949 AA
1966 UB · 1976 YR3
1980 SV · 1980 TJ15
main-belt · (middle)
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc64.62 yr (23,602 days)
Aphelion3.3186 AU
Perihelion2.3020 AU
2.8103 AU
Eccentricity0.1809
4.71 yr (1,721 days)
260.21°
0° 12m 33.12s / day
Inclination7.8234°
106.49°
297.81°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions24.377±0.030 km[3]
29 km[4]
0.050±0.003[3]
SMASS = C [1]
11.9[1]

2244 Tesla, provisional designation 1952 UW1, is a carbonaceous asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 25 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 22 October 1952, by Serbian astronomer Milorad Protić at the Belgrade Observatory, then Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, now Serbia.[5] It is named after the inventor Nikola Tesla.[2]

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