1529 Oterma

1529 Oterma
Discovery[1]
Discovered byY. Väisälä
Discovery siteTurku Obs.
Discovery date26 January 1938
Designations
(1529) Oterma
Named after
Liisi Oterma
(astronomer)[2]
1938 BC · 1950 PV
1959 RD1 · A912 VO
main-belt · Hilda[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc66.76 yr (24,385 days)
Aphelion4.7933 AU
Perihelion3.1916 AU
3.9924 AU
Eccentricity0.2006
7.98 yr (2,914 days)
50.497°
0° 7m 24.96s / day
Inclination9.0582°
100.59°
295.08°
Jupiter MOID0.8116 AU
Physical characteristics
Dimensions54.40 km (calculated)[3]
56.327±0.285[4]
60.16±1.11 km[5]
15.75 h[6]
0.047±0.002[5]
0.054±0.003[4]
0.057 (assumed)[3]
Tholen = P[1] · P[3]
B–V = 0.764[1]
U–B = 0.386[1]
10.05[1][3][5] · 10.11±0.26[7]

1529 Oterma, provisional designation 1938 BC, is a reddish, rare-type Hildian asteroid from the outermost region of the asteroid belt, approximately 56 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 26 January 1938, by Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku Observatory in Southwest Finland.[8] It is named for Liisi Oterma.[2]

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