1540 Kevola

Summary

1540 Kevola is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 1540 Kevola is credited with the discovery of Liisi Oterma^[3].
• 1540 Kevola's image is recorded as 001540-asteroid shape model (1540) Kevola.png^[4].
• 1540 Kevola's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 1540 Kevola's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Iso-Heikkilä Observatory^[6].
• Kevola Observatory is named after 1540 Kevola^[7].
• 1540 Kevola's follows is recorded as Q140576^[8].
• 1540 Kevola's followed by is recorded as Q140610^[9].
• 1540 Kevola's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 1540 Kevola's Commons category is recorded as 1540 Kevola^[11].
• 1540 Kevola's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 1540 Kevola's provisional designation is recorded as 1926 GT^[13].
• 1540 Kevola's provisional designation is recorded as 1933 UM^[14].
• 1540 Kevola's provisional designation is recorded as 1933 WR^[15].
• 1540 Kevola's provisional designation is recorded as 1936 KL^[16].
• 1540 Kevola's provisional designation is recorded as 1937 QG^[17].
• 1540 Kevola's provisional designation is recorded as 1938 WK^[18].
• 1540 Kevola's provisional designation is recorded as 1940 EJ^[19].
• 1540 Kevola's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1938-11-16T00:00:00Z^[20].
• 1540 Kevola's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y5ppp^[21].
• 1540 Kevola's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20001540^[22].
• 1540 Kevola's significant event is recorded as naming^[23].
• 1540 Kevola's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08'}^[24].
• 1540 Kevola's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0857296'}^[25].
• 1540 Kevola's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08508289166132163'}^[26].
• 1540 Kevola's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.7'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

1540 Kevola's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Kevola Observatory is named after 1540 Kevola^[7].

Why It Matters

1540 Kevola ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]