1453 Fennia

Fennia
Discovery and designation
Discovered by Vaisala, Y.
Discovery site Turku
Discovery date March 8, 1938
Designations
MPC designation 1453
Named after Finland
Alternate name(s) 1938 ED1
Epoch May 14, 2008
Ap 1.9503788
Peri 1.8438228
Eccentricity 0.0280839
Orbital period 954.4079583
Mean anomaly 230.23565
Inclination 23.67139
Longitude of ascending node 7.14211
Argument of peri 254.81753
Geometric albedo 0.2494
Absolute magnitude (H) 12.83

1453 Fennia (provisional designation: 1938 ED1) is an inner main belt asteroid. It was discovered on March 8, 1938 by the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Iso-Heikkilä Observatory in Turku, Finland. The asteroid's name is the Latin word for Finland.[1]

In 2007, a team of astronomers made photometric observations of Fennia, and discovered that it is orbited by a moon. The moon is at least a quarter the size of Fennia itself, and has an orbital period of approximately 23 hours. The team also found that Fennia has a rotation period of 4.4 hours and is likely spheroidal in shape.[2]

References

  1. ^ Lutz D. Schmadel, Dictionary of Minor Planet Names: Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2006 - 2008.
  2. ^ Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams, Electronic Telegram No. 1150.

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