453 Tea
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery site | Nice |
| Discovery date | 22 February 1900 |
| Designations | |
| (453) Tea | |
| Pronunciation | French: [te.a] |
| 1900 FA | |
| Main belt (Flora family) | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 116.15 yr (42424 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.4219 AU (362.31 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.9452 AU (291.00 Gm) |
| 2.1836 AU (326.66 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1092 |
| 3.23 yr (1178.6 d) | |
| 318.7251° | |
| 0° 18m 19.8s / day | |
| Inclination | 5.5512° |
| 11.7240° | |
| 2023-May-27 | |
| 220.40893° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 20.93±1.1 km |
| 6.811 ± 0.001 h (0.283792 ± 4.2×10−5 d) | |
| 0.1827±0.022 | |
| S | |
| 10.5 | |
453 Tea is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its diameter is about 21 km and it has an albedo of 0.183. Its rotation period is 6.4 hours.
In the 1980s Tea was considered as a target for the planned French Vesta spacecraft. The spacecraft was not built.
Tea was discovered by Auguste Charlois on February 22, 1900. Its provisional name was 1900 FA. It is unknown after what it was named.
It came to opposition at apparent magnitude 12.2 on 3 May 2023 and then perihelion on 27 May 2023.