1551 Argelander
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Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | Y. Väisälä |
Discovery site | Turku Observatory |
Discovery date | 24 February 1938 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | 1551 Argelander |
Named after
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Friedrich Argelander[2] |
1938 DC1 · 1930 BL 1940 XD · 1951 XG1 1953 GD1 · 1957 KR 1962 XP |
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main-belt | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 85.23 yr (31,129 days) |
Aphelion | 2.5530 AU |
Perihelion | 2.2367 AU |
2.3949 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.0660 |
3.71 yr (1353.7 days) | |
135.96° | |
Inclination | 3.7625° |
107.28° | |
232.72° | |
Earth MOID | 1.2297 AU |
Physical characteristics | |
4.0614 h | |
12.1 | |
1551 Argelander, provisional designation 1938 DC1, is a main belt asteroid discovered on February 24, 1938, by Yrjö Väisälä at the Iso-Heikkilä Observatory in Turku, Finland.[1]
It is named after Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander (1799–1875), author of the famous Bonner Durchmusterung and 19th-century head of the ancient observatory at Turku. The lunar crater Argelander is also named after him.[2]
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