1503 Kuopio

1503 Kuopio
Lightcurve-based 3D-model of Kuopio
Discovery[1]
Discovered byY. Väisälä
Discovery siteTurku Obs.
Discovery date15 December 1938
Designations
(1503) Kuopio
Named after
Kuopio (Finnish town)[2]
1938 XD · 1935 EF
1953 LH
main-belt · (middle)
Eunomia[3][4]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc82.34 yr (30,075 days)
Aphelion2.8995 AU
Perihelion2.3499 AU
2.6247 AU
Eccentricity0.1047
4.25 yr (1,553 days)
154.93°
0° 13m 54.48s / day
Inclination12.369°
316.98°
177.92°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions18.43±1.5 km[5]
18.54 km (derived)[3]
22.33±0.34 km[6]
22.985±0.964 km[7]
9.577±0.0004 h[8]
9.957±0.006 h[8]
9.9586±0.0005 h[9][10]
9.96±0.05 h[8]
9.98 h[11]
0.223±0.008[6]
0.2995±0.056[5]
0.3243 (derived)[3]
0.399±0.262[7]
S[3]
9.81[7] · 10.5[1][3] · 10.60[5][6] · 10.65±0.69[12]

1503 Kuopio, provisional designation 1938 XD, is a stony Eunomian asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 19 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 15 December 1938, by astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at the Turku Observatory in Southwest Finland.[13] The asteroid was named for the Finnish town of Kuopio.[2]

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