(4266) Waltari
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Asteroid (4266) Waltari |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1720 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1745 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6186 AU - 3.7254 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 16.4948 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5,650 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.72 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 24.1 km |
| Albedo | 0.0528 |
| Rotation period | 11.2 h |
| Absolute brightness | 11.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Yrjö Väisälä |
| Date of discovery | December 28, 1940 |
| Another name | 1940 YE, |
| 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. | |
(4266) Waltari is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 28. December 1940 by the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the Finnish author Mika Toimi Waltari .