(1696) Nurmela

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Asteroid
(1696) Nurmela
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
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(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.

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