(1533) Saimaa
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Asteroid (1533) Saimaa |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Eos family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.0128 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0342 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.9099 AU - 3.1158 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.69 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.230 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.16 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 26.13 km |
| Albedo | 0.1216 |
| Rotation period | 7.08 h |
| Absolute brightness | 10.61 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Yrjö Väisälä |
| Date of discovery | January 19, 1939 |
| Another name | 1939 BD, 1934 FA, 1936 QC |
| 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. | |
(1533) Saimaa is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 19 January 1939 by the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku was discovered.
The name of the asteroid is derived from the Finnish lake Saimaa .