(4181) Kivi
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Asteroid (4181) Kivi |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6110 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1324 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2652 AU - 2.9567 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 14.3818 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4,219 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 20.26 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 8 km |
| Absolute brightness | 12.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Yrjö Väisälä |
| Date of discovery | February 24, 1938 |
| Another name | 1938 DK 1 , 1980 EK, 1988 BO |
| 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. | |
(4181) Kivi is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 24 February 1938 by the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the Finnish national poet Aleksis Kivi .