![]() A three-dimensional model of 1450 Raimonda based on its light curve.
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Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Y. Vaisala |
Discovery site | Turku |
Discovery date | 20 February 1938 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | 1450 |
1938 DP | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 99.91 yr (36492 days) |
Aphelion | 3.0597521 AU (457.73240 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.1638655 AU (323.70967 Gm) |
2.611809 AU (390.7211 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.1715069 |
4.22 yr (1541.7 d) | |
258.04708° | |
0° 14m 0.61s / day | |
Inclination | 4.863235° |
74.93336° | |
13.44431° | |
Earth MOID | 1.17896 AU (176.370 Gm) |
Jupiter MOID | 2.15861 AU (322.923 Gm) |
Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.383 |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 15 km |
Mean radius
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±0.45 7.44km |
12.66 h (0.528 d) | |
Sidereal rotation period
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12.66 h |
±0.019 0.1387 | |
12.3 | |
1450 Raimonda (1938 DP) is a 15 km main-belt asteroid discovered on February 20, 1938, by Yrjö Väisälä at Turku. It is named for Jean Jacques Raimond, Jr., a Dutch astronomer (1903-1961) for whom a crater on the Moon is also named.