1460 Haltia

Haltia

Discovery
Discovered by	Yrjö Väisälä
Discovery site	Turku
Discovery date	24 November 1937
Designations
MPC designation	1460
Alternative names	1937 WC
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	78.40 yr (28635 days)
Aphelion	3.0200437 AU (451.79211 Gm)
Perihelion	2.0648482 AU (308.89689 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.542446 AU (380.3445 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.1878497
Orbital period	4.05 yr (1480.7 d)
Mean anomaly	148.37508°
Mean motion	0° 14^m 35.244^s / day
Inclination	6.685427°
Longitude of ascending node	74.18659°
Argument of perihelion	358.28427°
Earth MOID	1.07796 AU (161.261 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.27014 AU (339.608 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.410
Physical characteristics
Rotation period	3.59 h (0.150 d)
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.6

1460 Haltia (1937 WC) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 24, 1937, by Yrjö Väisälä at Turku.

References

1. "1460 Haltia (1937 WC)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 27 April 2016.

• Behrend, R. (2006) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html

External links

• JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 1460 Haltia
• 1460 Haltia at the JPL Small-Body Database

• Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters