1479 Inkeri

Inkeri

Discovery
Discovered by	Vaisala, Y.
Discovery site	Turku
Discovery date	16 February 1938
Designations
MPC designation	1479
Alternative names	1938 DE
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	92.42 yr (33758 days)
Aphelion	3.1882493 AU (476.95531 Gm)
Perihelion	2.1635628 AU (323.66439 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.675906 AU (400.3098 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.1914653
Orbital period	4.38 yr (1598.8 d)
Mean anomaly	1.245074°
Mean motion	0° 13^m 30.588^s / day
Inclination	7.304122°
Longitude of ascending node	18.10960°
Argument of perihelion	79.85146°
Earth MOID	1.19287 AU (178.451 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.04502 AU (305.931 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.341
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	~20km
Rotation period	660 h (28 d)
Sidereal rotation period	660 h
Absolute magnitude (H)	11.9

1479 Inkeri (1938 DE) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 16, 1938, by Vaisala, Y. at Turku. Its 660-hour rotation period is unusually long.^[2]

"Inkeri" is a Finnish female name, held by two of Vaisala's younger relatives. It is also the Finnish name of Ingria, a formerly-Finnish province near Saint Petersburg that is now part of Russia.^[3]

References

1. "1479 Inkeri (1938 DE)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
2. Ferrero, A.; Pilcher, F. (July 2012), "The Very Long Period of 1479 Inkeri", Minor Planet Bulletin, 39: 192–193, Bibcode:2012MPBu...39..192F.
3. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2012), Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (6th ed.), Springer, p. 115, ISBN 9783642297182.

External links

• JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 1479 Inkeri
• 1479 Inkeri at the JPL Small-Body Database
  
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