2002 Euler

Infobox Planet | minorplanet = yes | width = 25em | bgcolour = #FFFFC0
name=2002 Euler
discovery=yes
discovery_ref= [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html]
discoverer=Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova
discovered=August 29, 1973
designations = yes
alt_names=1938 DW; 1942 GJ; 1953 EB; mp|1973 QQ|1; mp|1973 SJ|2
mp_category=Main belt
orbit_ref= [ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html]
epoch=February 04, 2008 (JD 2454500.5)
semimajor=361.625 Gm (2.417 AU)
perihelion=336.913 Gm (2.252 AU)
aphelion=386.337 Gm (2.583 AU)
eccentricity=0.068
period=1372.770 d (3.76 a)
inclination=8.507°
asc_node=178.739°
arg_perihelion=52.052°
mean_anomaly=163.944°
avg_speed=19.13 km/s
physical_characteristics=yes
dimensions=17.44 km
mass=5.5e|15 kg
density=2.0 g/cm³
surface_grav=0.0049 m/s²
escape_velocity=0.0092 km/s
sidereal_day=? d
axial_tilt=?° | pole_ecliptic_lat=? | pole_ecliptic_lon=?
spectral_type=?
abs_magnitude=12.1
albedo=0.0839
single_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.