Discovered by Y. Väisälä MPC designation 1499 Observation arc 73.66 yr (26906 days) Inclination 12.17958° Discoverer Yrjö Väisälä Discovery site Iso-Heikkilä Observatory | Discovery date 16 October 1938 Alternative names 1938 UF Discovered 16 October 1938 Orbits Sun Named after Pori Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Aphelion 3.1669121 AU (473.76331 Gm) | ||
1499 Pori (1938 UF) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 16, 1938, by Y. Väisälä at Turku, and is named after the city of Pori, Finland.
Photometric observations made in 2003 at the Santana Observatory in Rancho Cucamonga, California, give a synodic rotation period of 8.63 ± 0.005 hours. The light curve shows a brightness variation of 0.15 ± 0.04 in magnitude.
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