(3281) Maupertuis
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Asteroid (3281) Maupertuis |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2,350 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.099 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.118 AU - 2.582 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.994 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3,603 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.43 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 12.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Yrjö Väisälä |
| Date of discovery | February 24, 1938 |
| Another name | 1938 DZ, 1961 TP, 1970 AP |
| 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. | |
(3281) Maupertuis is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 24 February 1938 by the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku was discovered.
The name of the asteroid is reminiscent of the French mathematician and astronomer Pierre Louis Maupertuis .