(2243) Lönnrot
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Asteroid (2243) Lönnrot |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2480 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1963 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8067 AU - 2.6894 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.85 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3,371 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.87 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 9 km |
| Absolute brightness | 12.5 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Yrjö Väisälä |
| Date of discovery | September 25, 1941 |
| Another name | 1941 SA 1 , 1931 VB, 1934 NQ |
| 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. | |
(2243) Lönnrot is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 25 September 1941 by the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the Finnish writer Elias Lönnrot , who collected orally transmitted folk and traditional poetry on his travels. On this basis he wrote the national epic Kalevala .