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Discovery
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| Discovered by | Y. Vaisala |
| Discovery site | Turku |
| Discovery date | October 11, 1936 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 1631 |
| Named after | August Kopff |
| Alternate name(s) | 1936 UC |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.7119424 |
| Peri | 1.7586694 |
| Eccentricity | 0.2132310 |
| Orbital period | 1220.6857820 |
| Mean anomaly | 184.82256 |
| Inclination | 7.48830 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 16.95528 |
| Argument of peri | 314.74991 |
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Physical characteristics
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| Albedo | 0.2497 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.20 |
1631 Kopff (1936 UC) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 11, 1936 by Y. Vaisala at Turku. The asteroid was named in memory of August Kopff.[1]
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