1450 Raimonda

Raimonda

A three-dimensional model of 1450 Raimonda based on its light curve.
Discovery
Discovered by Y. Vaisala
Discovery site Turku
Discovery date 20 February 1938
Designations
MPC designation 1450
1938 DP
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 99.91 yr (36492 days)
Aphelion 3.0597521 AU (457.73240 Gm)
Perihelion 2.1638655 AU (323.70967 Gm)
2.611809 AU (390.7211 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.1715069
4.22 yr (1541.7 d)
258.04708°
 14m 0.61s / day
Inclination 4.863235°
74.93336°
13.44431°
Earth MOID 1.17896 AU (176.370 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.15861 AU (322.923 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.383
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 15 km[1]
Mean radius
7.44±0.45 km
12.66 h (0.528 d)
12.66 h[1][2]
0.1387±0.019[1]
12.3[1]

    1450 Raimonda (1938 DP) is a 15 km main-belt asteroid discovered on February 20, 1938, by Yrjö Väisälä at Turku.[1] It is named for Jean Jacques Raimond, Jr., a Dutch astronomer (1903-1961) for whom a crater on the Moon is also named.

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