1503 Kuopio
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A three-dimensional model of 1503 Kuopio based on its light curve. | |
| Discovery[1] | |
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| Discovered by | Yrjö Väisälä |
| Discovery site | Turku |
| Discovery date | December 15, 1938 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1503 |
Named after | Kuopio |
| 1938 XD | |
| main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch November 30, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.898 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.3562 AU |
| 2.62707 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.103123 |
| 1555.27 days (4.26 years) | |
| 135.201° | |
| Inclination | 12.381° |
| 317.067° | |
| 176.539° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions |
18.43 kilometres (11.45 mi) ± 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) Mean diameter[3] |
| 9.98 ± 0.03 hours [4] | |
| Albedo | 0.2995 ± 0.056 [3] |
| 10.6 [5] | |
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1503 Kuopio (1938 XD) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 15, 1938 by Yrjö Väisälä at Turku.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
- ↑ "(1503) Kuopio". AstDyS. Italy: University of Pisa. Retrieved December 15, 2008.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tedesco et al. (2004). "Supplemental IRAS Minor Planet Survey (SIMPS)". IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0. Planetary Data System. Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved January 8, 2009.
- ↑ Székely; Kiss, L; Szabo, G; Sarneczky, K; Csak, B; Varadi, M; Meszaros, S et al. (2005). "CCD photometry of 23 minor planets" (ABSTACT). Planetary and Space Science 53 (9): 925–936. arXiv:astro-ph/0504462. Bibcode:2005P&SS...53..925S. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2005.04.006. web preprint
- ↑ Tholen (2007). "Asteroid Absolute Magnitudes". EAR-A-5-DDR-ASTERMAG-V11.0. Planetary Data System. Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved January 8, 2009.
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