1527 Malmquista

For other uses of Malmquist, see Malmquist (disambiguation).
Malmquista

A three-dimensional model of 1527 Malmquista based on its light curve.
Discovery
Discovered by Y. Vaisala
Discovery site Turku
Discovery date 18 October 1939
Designations
MPC designation 1527
Named after
Gunnar Malmquist
1939 UG
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 86.18 yr (31477 days)
Aphelion 2.6696502 AU (399.37399 Gm)
Perihelion 1.7844285 AU (266.94670 Gm)
2.227039 AU (333.1603 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.1987441
3.32 yr (1213.9 d)
85.283783°
 17m 47.615s / day
Inclination 5.193981°
16.13328°
304.54459°
Earth MOID 0.777724 AU (116.3459 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.64588 AU (395.818 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.614
Physical characteristics
14.077 h (0.5865 d)
12.0

    1527 Malmquista (1939 UG) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 18, 1939, by Y. Vaisala at Turku. It is named for the Swedish astronomer Gunnar Malmquist.

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