Pohjola

(1939 SF )
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NOW @ 13 TAU 27
FOUND @ 17 ARI 26
 
Inclination: 12.425
Eccentricity: 0.229
Period: 4.205 years
AU 2.605
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

19.9.1939 20:23 Turku 22e14 60n27 observations 1


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Named for a place in the Finnish national epic Kalevala {see planet  (1454)}. Pohjola, ruled by the mistress Louhi {see planet  (3897)}, was the home of darkness, coldness and all kinds of badness, an exact opposite of Kalevala. (M 18453) _ _.


Discovered on 19-9-1939 in Turku by Vaisala, Y.

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