(2679) Kittisvaara
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Asteroid (2679) Kittisvaara |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6201 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1028 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.3507 AU - 2.8894 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.1043 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4,241 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.40 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 10 km |
| Absolute brightness | 12.0 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Yrjö Väisälä |
| Date of discovery | October 7, 1939 |
| Another name | 1939 TG, 1948 XO, 1967 JU |
| 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. | |
(2679) Kittisvaara is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 7 October 1939 by the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku was discovered.
The name of the asteroid is reminiscent of the Finnish mountain Kittisvaara , one of the places Pierre Louis Maupertuis used to determine the longitude of a longitude.