(2512) Tavastia
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Asteroid (2512) Tavastia |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Matterania family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2437 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1208 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9727 AU - 2.5147 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.3846 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3,361 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.88 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 11.79 km |
| Albedo | 0.1057 |
| Absolute brightness | 12.70 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Yrjö Väisälä |
| Date of discovery | April 3, 1940 |
| Another name | 1940 GG, 1977 FW, 1975 VP 2 |
| 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. | |
(2512) Tavastia is an asteroid of the main belt , which on April 3, 1940 by the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the Finnish region of Tawastland .