(1523) Pieksämäki
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Asteroid (1523) Pieksämäki |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2421 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0934 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0326 AU - 2.4515 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.144 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3,357 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.89 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 9 km |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | 5.3202 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.4 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | Yrjö Väisälä |
| Date of discovery | January 18, 1939 |
| Another name | 1939 BC, 1936 FO 1 , 1936 HC |
| 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. | |
(1523) Pieksämäki is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered in Turku on January 18, 1939 by the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä .
The asteroid was named after the Finnish city of Pieksämäki .