(1530) Rantaseppä

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Asteroid
(1530) Rantaseppä
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.2486  AU
eccentricity 0.1991
Perihelion - aphelion 1.8008 AU - 2.6964 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 4.419 °
Sidereal period 3,372 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.86 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter ? km
Albedo ?
Rotation period ? H
Absolute brightness 13.3 mag
Spectral class ?
history
Explorer Yrjö Väisälä
Date of discovery September 16, 1938
Another name 1938 SG
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.

(1530) Rantaseppä is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered in Turku on September 16, 1938 by the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä .

The name of the asteroid is reminiscent of the Finnish astronomer Hilkka Rantaseppä .

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