(1723) Klemola Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 18 March 1936 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.

Named in honor of Irja Klemola, formerly rector of a school in Turku, one of the founders and for many years secretary of the society Torun Ursa for amateur astronomers; she also frequently participated in the minor planet program at the Turku Observatory. This planet also honors Arnold R. Klemola, currently in charge of the proper-motion program at the Lick Observatory, also well known for his astrometric observations of comets and minor planets.Naming citation (MPC 5281), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Klemola is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Klemola is 3.06 au from the Sun and 3.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	1723
Provisional designation	1936 FX
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	33.4 km (#1,212 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.156
Rotation period	6.25 hours
Spectral type	S
Absolute magnitude (H)	10.11
Orbital period	5.23 years
Semi-major axis	3.01 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.90 – 3.13 au
Eccentricity	0.0371
Inclination	10.9°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.91 au

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

Also discovered on 18 March 1936

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