(1527) Malmquista

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Asteroid
(1527) Malmquista
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.2276  AU
eccentricity 0.1976
Perihelion - aphelion 1.7874 AU - 2.6679 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 5.194 °
Sidereal period 3.325 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.96 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 12 km
Albedo ?
Rotation period 14.077 h
Absolute brightness 12,003 mag
Spectral class ?
history
Explorer Yrjö Väisälä
Date of discovery October 18, 1939
Another name 1939 UG, 1929 TG, 1932 OB
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.

(1527) Malmquista is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 18 October 1939 by the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku was discovered.

The asteroid is named in honor of the Swedish astronomer Gunnar Malmquist .

See also