(2333) Porthan

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Asteroid
(2333) Porthan
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Adeona family
Major semi-axis 2.6457  AU
eccentricity 0.1367
Perihelion - aphelion 2.2842 AU - 3.0073 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 11.927 °
Sidereal period 4,304 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.31 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 21.59 km
Albedo 0.0952
Rotation period 27.78 h
Absolute brightness 11.77 likes
history
Explorer Yrjö Väisälä
Date of discovery March 3, 1943
Another name 1943 EP, 1926 GZ, 1939 HJ
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(2333) Porthan is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 3 March 1943 by the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku was discovered.

The asteroid was named in honor of the eminent Finnish historian Henrik Gabriel Porthan .

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