2486 Metsähovi

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2486 Metsahovi
Discovery [1][2]
Discovered by Y. Vaisala
Discovery site Turku Observatory
Discovery date 22 March 1939
Designations
MPC designation 2486 Metsahovi (1939 FY)
Named after
farm near Helsinki
Metsähovi Radio Obs.[3]
1939 FY · 1961 TZ
1970 FE · 1970 GN
1975 WC · 1978 SW2
main-belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 76.32 yr (27,876 days)
Aphelion 2.4498 AU
Perihelion 2.0868 AU
2.2683 AU
Eccentricity 0.0799
3.42 yr (1247.8 days)
176.38°
Inclination 8.4101°
359.97°
101.23°
Earth MOID 1.1231 AU
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 8.42±0.03 km[citation needed]
4.4518 h
0.232±0.023[citation needed]
12.5 mag

2486 Metsähovi is a main belt, binary asteroid[4] with an orbital period of 1,248 days (3.42 years). It was discovered by Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku Observatory on March 22, 1939.[1]

Named for a donated farm near Helsinki, where various institutes have established their observing stations: the Finnish Geodetic Institute for space geodesy, the University of Helsinki for astrophysics, and the Helsinki University of Technology for radio astronomy. (Also see Metsähovi Radio Observatory).[3]

Satellite

S/2006 (2486) 1
Discovery
Discovered by M. Pikler, M. Husarik, G. Cervak, W. Cooney, J. Gross, D. Terrell, P. Pravec, P. Kusnirak, A. Galad, J. Vilagi, L. Kornos, S. Gajdos, V. Reddy, and R. Dyvig
Discovery date 2006/12/12
Light curve
Orbital characteristics
Satellite of 22486 Metsähovi
Physical characteristics
2.6404 hours

A moon was discovered in 2006 from lightcurve observations and announced in 2007.[4]

References

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