1407 Lindelöf

1407 Lindelöf, provisional designation 1936 WC, is an eccentric, rather slowly rotating asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, about 21 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 21 November 1936 by Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku Observatory, Finland. The minor planet was named after Finnish topologist Ernst Leonard Lindelöf (1870–1946), who was a professor of mathematics at Helsinki University and after whom Lindelöf spaces are named.

1407 Lindelöf

1407 Lindelöf, provisional designation 1936 WC, is an eccentric, rather slowly rotating asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, about 21 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 21 November 1936 by Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku Observatory, Finland. The minor planet was named after Finnish topologist Ernst Leonard Lindelöf (1870–1946), who was a professor of mathematics at Helsinki University and after whom Lindelöf spaces are named.