(1471) Tornio
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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 |
| 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. | |
(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 .