(1497) Tampere

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Asteroid
(1497) Tampere
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Koronis family
Major semi-axis 2.8955  AU
eccentricity 0.0809
Perihelion - aphelion 2.6614 AU - 3.1297 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 1.0609 °
Length of the ascending node 300.2536 °
Argument of the periapsis 30.0066 °
Sidereal period 4,926 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.51 ​​km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 14 km
Absolute brightness 11.4 mag
history
Explorer Yrjö Väisälä
Date of discovery September 22, 1938
Another name 1938 SB 1 , 1933 SQ
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.

(1497) Tampere is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 22 September 1938 by the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Iso-Heikkilä Observatory ( IAU code 062) in Turku was discovered.

The asteroid is a member of the Koronis family, a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis.

The celestial body bears the name of the Finnish city of Tampere .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. (1497) Tampere in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).