(1471) Tornio
Asteroid (1471) Tornio |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.7157 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1197 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.3906 AU - 3.0408 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 13.629 ° |
Sidereal period | 4,475 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.07 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 33.04 km |
Albedo | 0.085 |
Rotation period | 6.60 h |
Absolute brightness | 11,026 mag |
Spectral class | T |
history | |
Explorer | Yrjö Väisälä |
Date of discovery | September 16, 1938 |
Another name | 1938 SL 1 , 1931 BA, 1949 EK |
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(1471) Tornio is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 16th September 1938 by the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the Finnish city of Tornio .