(1696) Nurmela
Asteroid (1696) Nurmela |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.2615 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0983 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0392 AU - 2.4838 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.044 ° |
Sidereal period | 3,401 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.81 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | ? km |
Albedo | ? |
Rotation period | ? H |
Absolute brightness | 12.9 mag |
Spectral class | ? |
history | |
Explorer | Yrjö Väisälä |
Date of discovery | March 18, 1939 |
Another name | 1939 FF, 1939 GL, 1949 DK |
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. |
(1696) Nurmela is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 18 March 1939 by the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the Finnish academic Tauno Kalervo Nurmela , who was temporarily Chancellor of the University of Turku.