(1631) Kopff
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Asteroid (1631) Kopff |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2353 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2129 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.7594 AU - 2.7112 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.488 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3,342 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.92 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 9.66 km |
| Albedo | 0.2497 |
| Rotation period | 6.683 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12,048 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Yrjö Väisälä |
| Date of discovery | October 11, 1936 |
| Another name | 1936 UC, 1926 TH, 1935 FG |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(1631) Kopff is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 11 October 1936 by the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the German astronomer and asteroid discoverer August Kopff .