1494 Savo

1494 Savo
Shape of Savo modelled from its lightcurve
Discovery[1]
Discovered byY. Väisälä
Discovery siteTurku Obs.
Discovery date16 September 1938
Designations
(1494) Savo
Named after
Savonia[2]
(Finnish region)
1938 SJ · 1925 RL
1938 SG1 · 1948 VR
1951 SV · 1953 GD
1966 HB · 1976 HZ
main-belt · (inner)[3]
background[4]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc78.50 yr (28,673 days)
Aphelion2.4777 AU
Perihelion1.9019 AU
2.1898 AU
Eccentricity0.1315
3.24 yr (1,184 days)
114.29°
0° 18m 14.76s / day
Inclination2.4560°
195.02°
184.32°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions7.80±0.22 km[5]
7.804±0.219 km[5]
9.23±0.43 km[6]
10.30 km (calculated)[3]
5.35011±0.00028 h[a]
5.35020±0.00005 h[7]
5.35031±0.00005 h[7]
5.35059±0.00001 h[8]
5.35059±0.00005 h[9]
5.35062±0.00005 h[7]
0.173±0.017[6]
0.20 (assumed)[3]
0.349±0.061[5]
SMASS = Sa[1] · S[3]
12.08±0.24[10] · 12.30[1][3][5] · 12.70[6]

1494 Savo, provisional designation 1938 SJ, is a stony background asteroid from the inner region of the asteroid belt, approximately 8 kilometers in diameter. Discovered by astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at the Turku Observatory in 1938, the asteroid was later named after the Finnish region of Savonia.[2]

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