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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 |
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Mean radius
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7.44±0.45 km |
| 12.66 h (0.528 d) | |
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Sidereal rotation period
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12.66 h |
| 0.1387±0.019 | |
| 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.