3281 Maupertuis
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Y. Vaisala |
| Discovery site | Turku |
| Discovery date | 24 February 1938 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 3281 |
Named after | Pierre Louis Maupertuis |
| 1938 DZ | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 31007 days (84.89 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.5791091 AU (385.82923 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.1207196 AU (317.25514 Gm) |
| 2.349914 AU (351.5421 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0975332 |
| 3.60 yr (1315.8 d) | |
| 161.81494° | |
| 0° 16m 24.983s / day | |
| Inclination | 5.993010° |
| 348.48080° | |
| 240.80135° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.11811 AU (167.267 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.42187 AU (362.307 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.545 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 6.7295 h (0.28040 d) | |
| 12.9 | |
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3281 Maupertuis (1938 DZ) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 24, 1938 by Y. Vaisala at Turku. The crater was named for the French mathematician and astronomer Pierre Louis Maupertuis (1698 – 1759).[2]
References
- ↑ "3281 Maupertuis (1938 DZ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D.; International Astronomical Union (2003). Dictionary of minor planet names. Berlin; New York: Springer-Verlag. p. 273. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
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