(2678) Aavasaksa
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Asteroid (2678) Aavasaksa |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2599 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0864 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0646 AU - 2.4552 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.4448 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3,397 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.81 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 8 km |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | ? |
| Absolute brightness | 12.6 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | Yrjö Väisälä |
| Date of discovery | February 24, 1938 |
| Another name | 1938 DF 1 , 1952 KM, 1955 DH |
| 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. | |
(2678) Aavasaksa is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 24 February 1938 by the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku was discovered.
The name of the asteroid is reminiscent of the Finnish mountain Aavasaksa , one of the points that Maupertuis used to determine the longitude of a longitude.