3281 Maupertuis
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Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Y. Vaisala |
Discovery site | Turku |
Discovery date | February 24, 1938 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | 3281 |
Named after
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Pierre Louis Maupertuis |
1938 DZ | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Aphelion | 2.5807928 |
Perihelion | 2.1174340 |
Eccentricity | 0.0986242 |
1315.0867482 | |
116.71204 | |
Inclination | 5.99761 |
348.64405 | |
239.74374 | |
Physical characteristics | |
12.7 | |
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).[1]
References
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