(1503) Kuopio
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Asteroid (1503) Kuopio |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Eunomia family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6260 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1038 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.3535 AU - 2.8985 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 12.378 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4,256 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.38 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 18.43 km |
| Albedo | 0.300 |
| Rotation period | 9,958 h |
| Absolute brightness | 10.407 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Yrjö Väisälä |
| Date of discovery | December 15, 1938 |
| Another name | 1938 XD, 1935 EF, 1953 LH |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(1503) Kuopio is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 15 December 1938 by the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku was discovered.
The name of the asteroid is derived from the Finnish city of Kuopio .