1391 Carelia

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]
Alternative names	1936 DA · 1949 MR
Minor planet category	main-belt
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	79.98 yr (29212 days)
Aphelion	2.9676 AU (443.95 Gm)
Perihelion	2.1282 AU (318.37 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.5479 AU (381.16 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.16472
Orbital period	4.07 yr (1485.5 d)
Mean anomaly	248.54°
Mean motion	0° 14^m 32.46^s / day
Inclination	7.5935°
Longitude of ascending node	103.36°
Argument of perihelion	86.119°
Earth MOID	1.14453 AU (171.219 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.03355 AU (304.215 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.411
Physical characteristics
Rotation period	5.87822 h (0.244926 d)
Spectral type	B–V = 0.897 U–B = 0.433 Tholen = S
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.07

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. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1391 Carelia (1936 DA)" (2015-09-20 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
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

• Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters