1479 Inkeri
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Vaisala, Y. |
| Discovery site | Turku |
| Discovery date | February 16, 1938 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1479 |
| 1938 DE | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.1933971 |
| Perihelion | 2.1548907 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1941755 |
| 1597.2599538 | |
| 45.50633 | |
| Inclination | 7.30797 |
| 18.16182 | |
| 80.01955 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | ~20km |
|
Sidereal rotation period
|
660 h |
| 11.8 | |
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.[1]
"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.[2]
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