2486 Metsähovi
| Discovery [1][2] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Y. Vaisala |
| Discovery site | Turku Observatory |
| Discovery date | 22 March 1939 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 2486 Metsahovi (1939 FY) |
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Named after
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farm near Helsinki Metsähovi Radio Obs.[3] |
| 1939 FY · 1961 TZ 1970 FE · 1970 GN 1975 WC · 1978 SW2 |
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| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 76.32 yr (27,876 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.4498 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.0868 AU |
| 2.2683 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0799 |
| 3.42 yr (1247.8 days) | |
| 176.38° | |
| Inclination | 8.4101° |
| 359.97° | |
| 101.23° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.1231 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 8.42±0.03 km[citation needed] |
| 4.4518 h | |
| 0.232±0.023[citation needed] | |
| 12.5 mag | |
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2486 Metsähovi is a main belt, binary asteroid[4] with an orbital period of 1,248 days (3.42 years). It was discovered by Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku Observatory on March 22, 1939.[1]
Named for a donated farm near Helsinki, where various institutes have established their observing stations: the Finnish Geodetic Institute for space geodesy, the University of Helsinki for astrophysics, and the Helsinki University of Technology for radio astronomy. (Also see Metsähovi Radio Observatory).[3]
Satellite
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | M. Pikler, M. Husarik, G. Cervak, W. Cooney, J. Gross, D. Terrell, P. Pravec, P. Kusnirak, A. Galad, J. Vilagi, L. Kornos, S. Gajdos, V. Reddy, and R. Dyvig |
| Discovery date | 2006/12/12 |
| Light curve | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Satellite of | 22486 Metsähovi |
| Physical characteristics | |
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Sidereal rotation period
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2.6404 hours |
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A moon was discovered in 2006 from lightcurve observations and announced in 2007.[4]
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