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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Y. Vaisala |
| Discovery site | Turku |
| Discovery date | March 11, 1942 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 1656 |
| Named after | Finland |
| Alternate name(s) | 1942 EC |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.1096707 |
| Peri | 1.6453343 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1236580 |
| Orbital period | 939.6567324 |
| Mean anomaly | 312.18222 |
| Inclination | 25.06412 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 175.60814 |
| Argument of peri | 287.45005 |
| Geometric albedo | 0.1556 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.16 |
1656 Suomi (1942 EC) is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on March 11, 1942 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.
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