1540 Kevola
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| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by | L. Oterma |
| Discovery site | Turku |
| Discovery date | November 16, 1938 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1540 |
| Named after | Kevola Observatory |
| Alternative names | 1938 WK |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.0816981 |
| Perihelion | 2.6185681 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0812471 |
| Orbital period | 1757.5033064 |
| Mean anomaly | 63.71087 |
| Inclination | 11.96270 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 52.82519 |
| Argument of perihelion | 110.52129 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Albedo | 0.0433 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.80 |
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1540 Kevola (1938 WK) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 16, 1938 by L. Oterma at Turku. It was named after the Kevola Observatory in Finland, operated by Hilkka Rantaseppä-Helenius.
References
- Behrend, R. (2007) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html
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