1696 Nurmela
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Y. Väisälä |
| Discovery site | Turku Observatory |
| Discovery date | 18 March 1939 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1696 Nurmela |
|
Named after
|
Tauno Nurmela (University of Turku)[2] |
| 1939 FF · 1939 GL 1949 DK · 1951 YK |
|
| main-belt · Baptistina [3][4] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 76.68 yr (28,006 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.4836 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.0404 AU |
| 2.2620 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0979 |
| 3.40 yr (1,243 days) | |
| 146.86° | |
| Inclination | 6.0381° |
| 21.040° | |
| 164.99° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 10.31±0.44 km[5] 9.911±0.056 km[6] 14.64 km (calculated)[3] 10 km[7] |
| 3.1587 h[8][9] | |
| 0.116±0.011[5] 0.1246±0.0166[6] 0.057 (assumed)[3] 0.125[4] |
|
| C [3] | |
| 13.0[1] | |
1696 Nurmela, provisional designation 1939 FF, is a carbonaceous asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, about 10 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku Observatory on 18 March 1939.[10] It belongs to the small Baptistina family of asteroids and is its second-largest member after the family's namesake, 298 Baptistina.
The asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.0–2.5 AU once every 3 years and 5 months (1,243 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.10 and is tilted by 6 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has an absolute magnitude of 12.9 and a rotation period of 3.159 hours.[8][9] The albedo of the C-type asteroid lies in the range of 0.06–0.13, according to the Akari, WISE/NEOWISE surveys and other observations and assumptions.[3][4][5][6]
The minor planet was named in honor of Finnish academician Tauno Kalervo Nurmela (1907–1985), some time professor of Romanic philology and later chancellor of University of Turku.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Geneve, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 1696 Nurmela at the JPL Small-Body Database
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
_mathilde.jpg){kind=small} |
This article about an asteroid native to the asteroid belt is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
