Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | Y. Väisälä |
Discovery site | Turku Obs. |
Discovery date | 26 January 1938 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (1529) Oterma |
Named after | Liisi Oterma (astronomer)[2] |
Alternative designations | 1938 BC · 1950 PV 1959 RD1 · A912 VO |
Minor planet category | main-belt · Hilda[3] |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 66.76 yr (24,385 days) |
Aphelion | 4.7933 AU |
Perihelion | 3.1916 AU |
Semi-major axis | 3.9924 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.2006 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 7.98 yr (2,914 days) |
Mean anomaly | 50.497° |
Mean motion | 0° 7m 24.96s / day |
Inclination | 9.0582° |
Longitude of ascending node | 100.59° |
Argument of perihelion | 295.08° |
Jupiter MOID | 0.8116 AU |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 54.40 km (calculated)[3] 56.327±0.285[4] 60.16±1.11 km[5] |
Synodic rotation period | 15.75 h[6] |
Geometric albedo | 0.047±0.002[5] 0.054±0.003[4] 0.057 (assumed)[3] |
Spectral type | Tholen = P[1] · P[3] B–V = 0.764[1] U–B = 0.386[1] |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.05[1][3][5] · 10.11±0.26[7] |
1529 Oterma, provisional designation 1938 BC, is a reddish, rare-type Hildian asteroid from the outermost region of the asteroid belt, approximately 56 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 26 January 1938, by Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku Observatory in Southwest Finland.[8] It is named for Liisi Oterma.[2]
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