(1646) Rosseland
Asteroid (1646) Rosseland |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.3600 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1196 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0778 AU - 2.6422 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 8.385 ° |
Sidereal period | 3,625 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.40 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | approx. 13 km |
Albedo | ? |
Rotation period | 69.2 h |
Absolute brightness | 11.82 mag |
Spectral class | ? |
history | |
Explorer | Yrjö Väisälä |
Date of discovery | January 19, 1939 |
Another name | 1939 BG, 1937 QH, 1948 QR |
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(1646) Rosseland is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 19 January 1939 by the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku was discovered.
This asteroid was named in honor of the Norwegian astrophysicist Svein Rosseland .