2678 Aavasaksa
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| Discovery and designation | |
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| Discovered by | Yrjö Väisälä |
| Discovery site | Turku |
| Discovery date | February 24, 1938 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 2678 |
| Named after | Aavasaksa |
| Alternative names | 1938 DF1 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.4554513 |
| Perihelion | 2.0633715 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0867659 |
| Orbital period | 1240.4846642 |
| Mean anomaly | 297.09718 |
| Inclination | 3.44459 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 54.07829 |
| Argument of perihelion | 46.35572 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.4 |
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2678 Aavasaksa (1938 DF1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 24, 1938 by Yrjö Väisälä at Turku. It is named after the Aavasaksa hill in Ylitornio, Finland. The asteroid has an absolute magnitude of 12.4.
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