1529 Oterma
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Y. Väisälä |
| Discovery site | Turku Obs. |
| Discovery date | 26 January 1938 |
| Designations | |
| (1529) Oterma | |
Named after | Liisi Oterma (astronomer) |
| 1938 BC · 1950 PV 1959 RD1 · A912 VO | |
| main-belt · Hilda | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 66.76 yr (24,385 days) |
| Aphelion | 4.7933 AU |
| Perihelion | 3.1916 AU |
| 3.9924 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2006 |
| 7.98 yr (2,914 days) | |
| 50.497° | |
| 0° 7m 24.96s / day | |
| Inclination | 9.0582° |
| 100.59° | |
| 295.08° | |
| Jupiter MOID | 0.8116 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 54.40 km (calculated) 56.327±0.285 60.16±1.11 km |
| 15.75 h | |
| 0.047±0.002 0.054±0.003 0.057 (assumed) | |
| Tholen = P · P B–V = 0.764 U–B = 0.386 | |
| 10.05 · 10.11±0.26 | |
1529 Oterma, provisional designation 1938 BC, is a reddish, rare-type Hildian asteroid from the outermost region of the asteroid belt, approximately 56 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 26 January 1938, by Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku Observatory in Southwest Finland. It is named for Liisi Oterma.