1073 Gellivara

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1073 Gellivara
Discovery A
Discoverer Johann Palisa
Discovery date September 14, 1923
Alternate
designations B		 1923 OW
Category
Orbital elements C
Epoch JD 2445600.5
Eccentricity (e) 0.2066572
Semi-major axis (a)
Perihelion (q) 2.5087854 AU
Aphelion (Q)
Orbital period (P)
Mean orbital speed
Inclination (i) 1.6172235°
Longitude of the
ascending node (Ω)		 39.1762643
Argument of
perihelion (ω)		 290.6107162
Mean anomaly (M)
Physical characteristics D
Dimensions 55 km
Mass
Density
Surface gravity
Escape velocity
Rotation period
Spectral class
Absolute magnitude 10.90
Albedo (geometric) 0.15
Mean surface
temperature
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1073 Gellivara is an asteroid. It was discovered by Johann Palisa on September 14, 1923. Its provisional designation was 1923 OW. It was named after the small town of Gellivara in Sweden, where astronomers witnessed the total eclipse of the sun in 1927 [1]

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