1407 Lindelöf
Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | Y. Väisälä |
Discovery site | Turku Observatory |
Discovery date | 21 November 1936 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | 1407 Lindelof |
Named after
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Ernst Lindelöf (topologist)[2] |
1936 WC · 1977 FL A905 AB |
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main-belt · (outer) [3] | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 110.27 yr (40,275 days) |
Aphelion | 3.5412 AU |
Perihelion | 1.9893 AU |
2.7653 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.2805 |
4.60 yr (1,680 days) | |
61.256° | |
Inclination | 5.8048° |
269.09° | |
109.62° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 20.98 km[4] 23.85±1.40 km[5] 20.31±0.32 km[6] 20.75 km (derived)[3] |
31.151 h[7] | |
0.2309[4] 0.179±0.023[5] 0.187±0.017[6] 0.1791 (derived)[3] |
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SMASS = X S [3] |
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10.9 | |
1407 Lindelöf, provisional designation 1936 WC, is an eccentric, rather slowly rotating asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, about 21 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 21 November 1936 by Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku Observatory, Finland.[8]
It is a X-spectral type asteroid in the SMASS taxonomy, while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link considers the body to be a stony S-type asteroid. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.0–3.5 AU once every 4 years and 7 months (1,680 days). Its orbit shows a high eccentricity of 0.28 and is tilted by 6 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a rather long rotation period of 31.151 hours[7] and an albedo of 0.18 to 0.23, according to the surveys carried out by IRAS, Akari, and WISE/NEOWISE.[4][5][6]
The minor planet was named after Finnish topologist Ernst Leonard Lindelöf (1870–1946), who was a professor of mathematics at Helsinki University and after whom Lindelöf spaces are named.[2]
References
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External links
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 1407 Lindelöf at the JPL Small-Body Database
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