1533 Saimaa

Saimaa

Discovery
Discovered by	Y. Vaisala
Discovery site	Turku
Discovery date	19 January 1939
Designations
MPC designation	1533
Named after	Saimaa
Alternative names	1939 BD
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	79.52 yr (29045 days)
Aphelion	3.1224518 AU (467.11214 Gm)
Perihelion	2.8996214 AU (433.77719 Gm)
Semi-major axis	3.011037 AU (450.4447 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.0370023
Orbital period	5.22 yr (1908.4 d)
Mean anomaly	271.7980°
Mean motion	0° 11^m 19.098^s / day
Inclination	10.71017°
Longitude of ascending node	156.74485°
Argument of perihelion	10.15593°
Earth MOID	1.90677 AU (285.249 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	1.85401 AU (277.356 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.222
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	13.065±0.75 km
Rotation period	7.08 h (0.295 d)
Geometric albedo	0.1216±0.016
Absolute magnitude (H)	10.82

1533 Saimaa (1939 BD) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 19, 1939, by Y. Vaisala at Turku.

References

1. "1533 Saimaa (1939 BD)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 27 April 2016.

• Binzel, R.P. (1987) Icarus 72, 135-208.
• Behrend, R. (2007) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html

External links

• JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 1533 Saimaa
• 1533 Saimaa at the JPL Small-Body Database

• Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters