1573 Väisälä
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1573 Väisälä is a main belt asteroid
with an orbital period
of 1333.4672727 days (3.65 years).
The asteroid was discovered on October 27, 1949, and is named after the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä
.
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
with an orbital period
Orbital period
The orbital period is the time taken for a given object to make one complete orbit about another object.When mentioned without further qualification in astronomy this refers to the sidereal period of an astronomical object, which is calculated with respect to the stars.There are several kinds of...
of 1333.4672727 days (3.65 years).
The asteroid was discovered on October 27, 1949, and is named after the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä
Yrjö Väisälä
Yrjö Väisälä was a Finnish astronomer and physicist.His main contributions were in the field of optics, but he was also very active in geodetics, astronomy and optical metrology...
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