1479 Inkeri

Inkeri
Discovery
Discovered by Vaisala, Y.
Discovery site Turku
Discovery date February 16, 1938
Designations
MPC designation 1479
1938 DE
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion 3.1933971
Perihelion 2.1548907
Eccentricity 0.1941755
1597.2599538
45.50633
Inclination 7.30797
18.16182
80.01955
Physical characteristics
Dimensions ~20km
660 h
11.8

    1479 Inkeri (1938 DE) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 16, 1938, by Vaisala, Y. at Turku. Its 660-hour rotation period is unusually long.[1]

    "Inkeri" is a Finnish female name, held by two of Vaisala's younger relatives. It is also the Finnish name of Ingria, a formerly-Finnish province near Saint Petersburg that is now part of Russia.[2]

    References

    1. ↑ Ferrero, A.; Pilcher, F. (July 2012), "The Very Long Period of 1479 Inkeri", Minor Planet Bulletin 39: 192–193, Bibcode:2012MPBu...39..192F.
    2. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2012), Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (6th ed.), Springer, p. 115, ISBN 9783642297182.

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