1391 Carelia
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Y. Väisälä |
| Discovery site | Turku Observatory |
| Discovery date | 16 February 1936 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1391 Carelia |
Named after | Karelia[2] |
| 1936 DA · 1949 MR | |
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 79.60 yr (29,073 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.9677 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.1293 AU |
| 2.5485 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1644 |
| 4.07 yr (1486.0 days) | |
| 151.70° | |
| Inclination | 7.5932° |
| 103.36° | |
| 86.041° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.1465 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
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B–V = 0.897 U–B = 0.433 Tholen = S | |
| 12.07 | |
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1391 Carelia, provisionally designated 1936 DA, is a stony main-belt asteroid with a perihelion of 2.13 AU. It has an eccentricity of 0.164 and an orbital period of 1,486 days (4.07 years).[1] It has an average orbital speed of 18.6 km/s and an inclination of 7.59 degrees to the ecliptic.
The S-type asteroid was discovered on February 16, 1936, at the Finnish Turku Observatory by Yrjö Väisälä.[1]
It is named after the Karelia region in northeastern Europe between the Gulf of Finland and the Russian White Sea.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1391 Carelia (1936 DA)" (2015-09-20 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved October 2015.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1391) Carelia. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 112. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved October 2015.
External links
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- 1391 Carelia at the JPL Small-Body Database
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