1536 Pielinen

1536 Pielinen
Discovery
Discovered byY. Väisälä
Discovery siteTurku Observatory
Discovery date18 September 1939
Designations
(1536) Pielinen
Named after
Pielinen (lake)
1939 SE · 1929 RZ
1931 ED · 1934 CW
1939 TP · 1939 UK
1952 RW · A903 SF
A916 RA
main-belt · Flora
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc113.68 yr (41,521 days)
Aphelion2.6342 AU
Perihelion1.7736 AU
2.2039 AU
Eccentricity0.1953
3.27 yr (1,195 days)
295.85°
0° 18m 4.32s / day
Inclination1.5344°
195.69°
170.76°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions7.38±1.62 km
7.82 km (calculated)
7.934±0.037 km
7.975±0.109 km
66.1±0.1 h
66.22 h
66.34±0.02 h
67.43±0.06 h
0.24 (assumed)
0.253±0.017
0.2557±0.0662
0.30±0.21
S
12.57±0.52 · 12.6 · 12.7

1536 Pielinen (provisional designation 1939 SE) is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7.8 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 18 September 1939, by Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku Observatory, Southwest Finland. It was later named for Finnish lake Pielinen.