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2002 Euler
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| Discovery A | |
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| Discoverer | Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova |
| Discovery date | August 29, 1973 |
| Alternate designations B |
1938 DW; 1942 GJ; 1953 EB; 1973 QQ1; 1973 SJ2 |
| Category | Main belt |
| Orbital elements C | |
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| Eccentricity (e) | 0.069 |
| Semi-major axis (a) | 361.653 Gm (2.418 AU) |
| Perihelion (q) | 336.803 Gm (2.251 AU) |
| Aphelion (Q) | 386.503 Gm (2.584 AU) |
| Orbital period (P) | 1372.930 d (3.76 a) |
| Mean orbital speed | 19.13 km/s |
| Inclination (i) | 8.510° |
| Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) |
178.764° |
| Argument of perihelion (ω) |
52.506° |
| Mean anomaly (M) | 313.704° |
| Physical characteristics D | |
| Dimensions | 17.4 km |
| Mass | 5.5×1015 kg |
| Density | 2.0 g/cm³ |
| Surface gravity | 0.0049 m/s² |
| Escape velocity | 0.0092 km/s |
| Rotation period | ? d |
| Spectral class | ? |
| Absolute magnitude | 12.1 |
| Albedo (geometric) | 0.10? |
| Mean surface temperature |
~179 K |
2002 Euler is an asteroid named after the Swiss mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler, who was considered to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time. The asteroid was discovered on August 29, 1973 by Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova.
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