(1646) Rosseland
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Asteroid (1646) Rosseland |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3600 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1196 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0778 AU - 2.6422 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 8.385 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3,625 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.40 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 13 km |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | 69.2 h |
| Absolute brightness | 11.82 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | Yrjö Väisälä |
| Date of discovery | January 19, 1939 |
| Another name | 1939 BG, 1937 QH, 1948 QR |
| 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. | |
(1646) Rosseland is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 19 January 1939 by the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku was discovered.
This asteroid was named in honor of the Norwegian astrophysicist Svein Rosseland .