1551 Argelander
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Vaisala, Y. |
| Discovery site | Turku |
| Discovery date | February 24, 1938 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1551 |
Named after | Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander |
| 1938 DC1 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.5539965 |
| Perihelion | 2.2351733 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0665717 |
| 1353.4548966 | |
| 163.48471 | |
| Inclination | 3.76387 |
| 107.32893 | |
| 233.56876 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 12.2 | |
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1551 Argelander (provisional designation: 1938 DC1) is a main belt asteroid discovered on February 24, 1938 by Yrjö Väisälä at the Iso-Heikkilä Observatory in Turku, Finland. It is named after Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander, a 19th-century head of the observatory at Turku.
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