(1552) Bessel

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Asteroid
(1552) Bessel
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Eos family
Major semi-axis 3.0116  AU
eccentricity 0.0981
Perihelion - aphelion 2.7161 AU - 3.3071 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 9.86 °
Sidereal period 5.226 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.16 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 18.56 km
Albedo 0.204
Rotation period ? H
Absolute brightness 11,439 likes
Spectral class ?
history
Explorer Yrjö Väisälä
Date of discovery February 24, 1938
Another name 1938 DE 1 , 1933 FJ 1 , 1948 EH
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(1552) Bessel is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 24 February 1938 by the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku was discovered.

The asteroid was named in honor of the German astronomer and mathematician Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel .

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