(1523) Pieksamaki Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 January 1939 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.
Where Pieksamaki is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pieksamaki is 2.06 au from the Sun and 3.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 1523 |
| Provisional designation | 1939 BC |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.11 km (#5,678 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.281 |
| Rotation period | 5.32 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.46 |
| Orbital period | 3.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.45 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0939 |
| Inclination | 5.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
More named asteroids discovered by Y. Vaisala
- (1391) Carelia
- (1398) Donnera
- (1405) Sibelius
- (1406) Komppa
- (1407) Lindelof
- (1421) Esperanto
- (1424) Sundmania
- (1446) Sillanpaa
- (1447) Utra
- (1448) Lindbladia
- (1449) Virtanen
- (1450) Raimonda
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