Pohjola

(1939 SF )

NOW @ 9 LEO 57

Inclination: 12.425

Eccentricity: 0.229

Period: 4.205 years

AU 2.605

Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

19.9.1939 00:00 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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