Discovered by Vaisala, Y. Alternative names 1938 DE Discovered 16 February 1938 Discoverer Yrjö Väisälä Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 16 February 1938 Observation arc 92.42 yr (33758 days) Orbits Sun Discovery site Iso-Heikkilä Observatory MPC designation 1479 | |
Aphelion 3.1882493 AU (476.95531 Gm) Perihelion 2.1635628 AU (323.66439 Gm) People also search for 1478 Vihuri, 1471 Tornio, 1480 Aunus | ||
1479 Inkeri (1938 DE) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 16, 1938, by Vaisala, Y. at Turku. Its 660-hour rotation period is unusually long.
"Inkeri" is a Finnish female name, held by two of Vaisala's younger relatives. It is also the Finnish name of Ingria, a formerly-Finnish province near Saint Petersburg that is now part of Russia.
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