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1540 Kevola

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Kevola
Discovery
Discovered byL. Oterma
Discovery siteTurku
Discovery date16 November 1938
Designations
1540
Named after
Kevola Observatory
1938 WK
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc89.97 yr (32861 days)
Aphelion3.0889787 AU (462.10464 Gm)
Perihelion2.6070513 AU (390.00932 Gm)
2.848015 AU (426.0570 Gm)
Eccentricity0.0846076
4.81 yr (1755.5 d)
315.1260°
0° 12m 18.233s / day
Inclination11.96830°
52.48768°
113.84820°
Earth MOID1.63743 AU (244.956 Gm)
Jupiter MOID1.94465 AU (290.915 Gm)
TJupiter3.269
Physical characteristics
22.09±0.85 km
20.082 h (0.8368 d)
0.0433±0.004
10.8

1540 Kevola (1938 WK) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 16, 1938, by L. Oterma at Turku. It was named after the Kevola Observatory in Finland, operated by Hilkka Rantaseppä-Helenius.

References

  1. ^ "1540 Kevola (1938 WK)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 27 April 2016.