(742) Edisona Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 February 1913 by F. Kaiser at Heidelberg.
Where Edisona is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Edisona is 2.81 au from the Sun and 1.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 742 |
| Provisional designation | A913 DC |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 47.1 km (#810 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.121 |
| Rotation period | 18.6 hours |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.6 |
| Orbital period | 5.23 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.01 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 3.36 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.114 |
| Inclination | 11.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.