1496 Turku

Turku

Discovery
Discovered by	Y. Vaisala
Discovery site	Turku
Discovery date	22 September 1938
Designations
MPC designation	1496
Named after	Turku
Alternative names	1938 SA1
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	87.67 yr (32020 days)
Aphelion	2.5623619 AU (383.32388 Gm)
Perihelion	1.8490230 AU (276.60990 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.205692 AU (329.9668 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.1617041
Orbital period	3.28 yr (1196.5 d)
Mean anomaly	330.23928°
Mean motion	0° 18^m 3.151^s / day
Inclination	2.500672°
Longitude of ascending node	294.38553°
Argument of perihelion	0.8945547°
Earth MOID	0.832693 AU (124.5691 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.61213 AU (390.769 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.643
Physical characteristics
Rotation period	6.47 h (0.270 d)
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.5

1496 Turku (1938 SA1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 22, 1938, by Y. Vaisala at the Tuorla Observatory.

References

1. "1496 Turku (1938 SA1)". 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 1496 Turku
• 1496 Turku at the JPL Small-Body Database

• Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters