(1500) Jyvaskyla Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 16 October 1938 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.

Where Jyvaskyla is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jyvaskyla is 2.17 au from the Sun and 2.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number1500
Provisional designation1938 UH
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter8.10 km (#6,479 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.161
Rotation period8.83 hours
Spectral typeS
Absolute magnitude (H)12.74
Orbital period3.36 years
Semi-major axis2.24 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.82 – 2.67 au
Eccentricity0.190
Inclination7.43°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.824 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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