1471 Tornio

Summary

1471 Tornio is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 35 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 1471 Tornio is credited with the discovery of Yrjö Väisälä^[3].
• 1471 Tornio's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 1471 Tornio's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Iso-Heikkilä Observatory^[5].
• Tornio is named after 1471 Tornio^[6].
• Torne River is named after 1471 Tornio^[7].
• 1471 Tornio followed Q139608^[8].
• 1471 Tornio was followed by Q139628^[9].
• 1471 Tornio's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 1471 Tornio's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 1471 Tornio's provisional designation is recorded as 1931 BA^[12].
• 1471 Tornio's provisional designation is recorded as 1938 SL1^[13].
• 1471 Tornio's provisional designation is recorded as 1949 EK^[14].
• 1471 Tornio's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1938-09-16T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 1471 Tornio's asteroid spectral type is recorded as T-type asteroid^[16].
• 1471 Tornio's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 1471 Tornio's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.12'}^[18].
• 1471 Tornio's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1184480'}^[19].
• 1471 Tornio's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1193723007706292'}^[20].
• 1471 Tornio's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.0'}^[21].
• 1471 Tornio's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.14'}^[22].
• 1471 Tornio's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+13.60601'}^[23].
• 1471 Tornio's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+13.60726119541986'}^[24].
• 1471 Tornio's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.48'}^[25].
• 1471 Tornio's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1634.394849074812'}^[26].
• 1471 Tornio's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+6.6'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

1471 Tornio's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Things named after include Tornio^[6], a town^[28], in Finland^[29], founded in 1621^[30] and Torne River^[7], a river^[31], in Finland^[32].

Why It Matters

1471 Tornio has Wikipedia articles in 35 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]