(1542) Schalén
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Asteroid (1542) Schalén |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.0960 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1095 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.757 AU - 3.4351 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.763 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.448 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.93 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 45.19 km |
| Albedo | 0.0656 |
| Absolute brightness | 10.493 mag |
| Spectral class | D. |
| history | |
| Explorer | Yrjö Väisälä |
| Date of discovery | August 26, 1941 |
| Another name | 1941 QE, 1927 BH, 1936 UL |
| 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. | |
(1542) Schalén is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on August 26, 1941 by the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä in Turku .
The asteroid was named in honor of the Swedish astronomer Carl Schalén .