Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | Y. Väisälä |
Discovery site | Turku Obs. |
Discovery date | 18 September 1939 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (1524) Joensuu |
Named after | Joensuu (Finnish town)[2] |
Alternative designations | 1939 SB · 1931 EL 1933 QO · 1936 DG 1958 DH1 |
Minor planet category | main-belt · (outer)[3] |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 85.95 yr (31,395 days) |
Aphelion | 3.4881 AU |
Perihelion | 2.7300 AU |
Semi-major axis | 3.1090 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.1219 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 5.48 yr (2,002 days) |
Mean anomaly | 88.699° |
Mean motion | 0° 10m 47.28s / day |
Inclination | 12.687° |
Longitude of ascending node | 347.72° |
Argument of perihelion | 2.7611° |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 39.37±12.22 km[4] 42.79±1.1 km[5] 42.83 km (derived)[3] 44.87±0.78 km[6] 45.056±0.291 km[7] 49.394±0.502 km[8] |
Synodic rotation period | 9.276±0.007 h[9] |
Geometric albedo | 0.0347±0.0053[8] 0.043±0.002[6] 0.0462±0.002[5] 0.050±0.008[7] 0.0505 (derived)[3] 0.064±0.007[10] 0.07±0.05[4] |
Spectral type | C[3] |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.56±0.50[11] · 10.60[7] · 10.7[1][3] · 10.78[4] · 10.8[5][6][8] |
1524 Joensuu, provisional designation 1939 SB, is a carbonaceous asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 42 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 18 September 1939, by Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku Observatory in Southwest Finland, and named for the town of Joensuu.[12]
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