2826 Ahti
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Y. Väisälä |
| Discovery site | Turku Obs. |
| Discovery date | 18 October 1939 |
| Designations | |
| (2826) Ahti | |
Named after | Ahti (Finnish mythology) |
| 1939 UJ · 1942 FH 1950 TG3 · 1968 UT2 1979 RG · 1980 VK1 | |
| main-belt · (outer) | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 77.63 yr (28,355 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.3789 AU |
| Perihelion | 3.0708 AU |
| 3.2248 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0478 |
| 5.79 yr (2,115 days) | |
| 2.3046° | |
| 0° 10m 12.72s / day | |
| Inclination | 15.466° |
| 33.671° | |
| 150.83° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 36.60 km (derived) 36.71±2.7 km (IRAS:24) 39.975±0.157 42.16±0.62 km 42.373±0.121 km 55.33±0.29 km |
| 24 h | |
| 0.023±0.004 0.0471±0.0122 0.0479 (derived) 0.049±0.002 0.0628±0.010 (IRAS:24) | |
| C | |
| 11.1 · 10.80 · 11.00 · 11.25±0.25 | |
2826 Ahti, provisional designation 1939 UJ, is a carbonaceous asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, about 37 kilometers in diameter. The asteroid was discovered on 18 October 1939, by Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku Observatory, Southwest Finland. It was named after Ahti from Finnish mythology.