(453) Tea Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 February 1900 by A. Charlois at Nice.
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Where Tea is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tea is 1.96 au from the Sun and 2.68 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 453 |
| Provisional designation | A900 DD |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 24.0 km (#1,776 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.137 |
| Rotation period | 6.81 hours |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.56 |
| Orbital period | 3.23 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.42 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.108 |
| Inclination | 5.55° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.941 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.