Claim: 1981 OG is an elongated, carbonaceous C-type Themistian asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt that was discovered on 26 July 1981 by E. Bowell in the Anderson Mesa Station and  named after American astronomer Ed Tedesco.
Evidence: 2882 Tedesco, provisional designation 1981 OG, is a Themistian asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 22 kilometers (14 miles) in diameter. The likely elongated C-type asteroid has a rotation period of 19.8 hours. It was discovered on 26 July 1981, by astronomer Edward Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station near Flagstaff, Arizona. It was named for American astronomer Ed Tedesco.