1451 Granö

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1451 Granö
Discovery
Synodic rotation period
5.109 h (removed)[a]
138±0.05 h[7]
0.171±0.022[6]
0.20 (assumed)[3]
0.4034±0.0919[5]
0.429±0.077[4]
S[3][8]
12.6[5][6] · 13.2[1][3] · 14.19±0.95[8]

1451 Granö, provisional designation 1938 DT, is a stony Florian

Turku Observatory in Southwest Finland, and later named for Johannes Gabriel Granö, rector of the University of Turku.[9]

Orbit and classification

The asteroid is a member of the

precoveries were taken, and no previous identifications were made, Granö's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation in 1938.[9]

Physical characteristics

Slow rotator

A rotational

Diameter and albedo

According to the surveys carried out by the Japanese

albedo between 0.171 and 0.429.[4][5][6] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a diameter of 6.81 kilometers using an absolute magnitude of 13.2.[3]

Naming

This

M.P.C. 2277).[10]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Geneva Obs. Behrend (2007) web: rotation period 5.109±0.004 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.06 mag. Summary figures for (1451) Grano at Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL). Results are no longer published on website, see: Asteroids and comets rotation curves CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend

References

  1. ^ a b c d "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1451 Grano (1938 DT)" (2017-06-03 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  2. ^ .
  3. ^ a b c d e f "LCDB Data for (1451) Granö". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  4. ^ . Retrieved 16 December 2016.
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  7. ^ . Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  8. ^ . Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  9. ^ a b "1451 Grano (1938 DT)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
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