(1518) Rovaniemi
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Asteroid (1518) Rovaniemi |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2261 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1427 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9084 AU - 2.5437 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.719 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3,321 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.96 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 8 km |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 12.4 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | Yrjö Väisälä |
| Date of discovery | October 15, 1938 |
| Another name | 1938 UA, 1928 TL, 1951 SH |
| 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. | |
(1518) Rovaniemi is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 15 October 1938 by the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the Finnish city of Rovaniemi .