1450 Raimonda

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Raimonda
Discovery
Discovered by Y. Vaisala
Discovery site Turku
Discovery date February 20, 1938
Designations
MPC designation 1450
Alternative names 1938 DP
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion 3.0573746
Perihelion 2.1656074
Eccentricity 0.1707391
Orbital period 1541.4563774
Mean anomaly 276.99983
Inclination 4.86479
Longitude of ascending node 74.96095
Argument of perihelion 13.83770
Physical characteristics
Albedo 0.1387
Absolute magnitude (H) 11.90

    1450 Raimonda (1938 DP) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 20, 1938 by Yrjö Väisälä at Turku. It is named for Jean Jacques Raimond, Jr., a Dutch astronomer (1903-1961) for whom a crater on the Moon is also named. This asteroid is a member of the Jacobus Collective of asteroids.

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