Discovered by Auguste Charlois MPC designation 453 Observation arc 116.15 yr (42424 d) Orbits Sun Asteroid family Flora family Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 22 February 1900 Alternative names 1900 FA Discovered 22 February 1900 Discoverer Auguste Charlois Discovery site Nice Observatory | |
Minor planet category Main belt (Flora family) Similar 441 Bathilde, 360 Carlova, 423 Diotima, 417 Suevia, 375 Ursula | ||
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.
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