(2379) Heiskanen
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Asteroid (2379) Heiskanen |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1641 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2765 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2893 AU - 4.039 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 0.468 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5,628 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.74 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 31.60 km |
| Albedo | 0.0772 |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 11,001 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | Yrjö Väisälä |
| Date of discovery | September 21, 1941 |
| Another name | 1941 ST, 1935 QD 1 , 1953 VL |
| 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. | |
(2379) Heiskanen is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 21st September 1941 by the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku was discovered.
The name of the asteroid is reminiscent of the Finnish geodesist and geophysicist Weikko Aleksanteri Heiskanen .