(1678) Hveen
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Asteroid (1678) Hveen |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1583 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1105 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.8092 AU - 3.5074 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.19 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5,613 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.76 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 39.86 km |
| Albedo | 0.0486 |
| Absolute brightness | 10,857 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Yrjö Väisälä |
| Date of discovery | December 28, 1940 |
| Another name | 1940 YH, 1951 YD 1 , A919 GA |
| 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. | |
(1678) Hveen is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 28 December 1940 by the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the island of Ven in Öresund, where Tycho Brahe maintained his castle and observatory.