(1696) Nurmela Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 March 1939 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.
Named in honor of Finnish academician Tauno Kalervo Nurmela, some time professor of Romanic philology and later chancellor of Turku University.Naming citation (MPC 5281), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nurmela is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nurmela is 2.31 au from the Sun and 1.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 1696 |
| Provisional designation | 1939 FF |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.23 km (#5,592 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.155 |
| Rotation period | 3.16 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.11 |
| Orbital period | 3.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0988 |
| Inclination | 6.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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