16689 Vistula
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16689 Vistula is a main belt asteroid
with an orbital period
of 2047.1369198 days (5.60 years).
The asteroid was discovered on August 12, 1994 and was named after the Vistula
, a major river in Poland.
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 2047.1369198 days (5.60 years).
The asteroid was discovered on August 12, 1994 and was named after the Vistula
Vistula
The Vistula is the longest and the most important river in Poland, at 1,047 km in length. The watershed area of the Vistula is , of which lies within Poland ....
, a major river in Poland.