1494 Savo

Savo
Discovery
Discovered by	Y. Vaisala
Discovery site	Turku
Discovery date	16 September 1938
Designations
MPC designation	1494
Alternative names	1938 SJ
Orbital characteristics^[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	76.92 yr (28095 days)
Aphelion	2.4784256 AU (370.76719 Gm)
Perihelion	1.9019216 AU (284.52342 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.190174 AU (327.6454 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.1316115
Orbital period	3.24 yr (1183.9 d)
Mean anomaly	352.58567°
Mean motion	0° 18^m 14.684^s / day
Inclination	2.455927°
Longitude of ascending node	195.01947°
Argument of perihelion	184.37301°
Earth MOID	0.902725 AU (135.0457 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.97381 AU (444.876 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.661
Physical characteristics
Rotation period	5.35011 h (0.222921 d)
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.3

1494 Savo (1938 SJ) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 16, 1938, by Yrjö Väisälä in Turku.

Named after Savonia, region of Finland.

References

↑ "1494 Savo (1938 SJ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 27 April 2016.

External links

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