(5073) Junttura Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 March 1943 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.
Junttura embodies the Finnish mentality to get things done, stubbornly and at all costs. As Väinö Linna's novel, Täälä pohjantähden alla (“Here under the north star”), put it, “In the beginning, there was the swamp, the hoe and Jussi”. Yet Jussi persisted and built a house. The name was suggested by K. Nousiainen.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Junttura is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Junttura is 2.04 au from the Sun and 2.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5073 |
| Provisional designation | 1943 EN |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 6.10 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.49 |
| Orbital period | 3.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.45 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.100 |
| Inclination | 6.61° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.00 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.