3281 Maupertuis

Maupertuis
Discovery
Discovered by	Y. Vaisala
Discovery site	Turku
Discovery date	24 February 1938
Designations
MPC designation	(3281) Maupertuis
Named after	Pierre Louis Maupertuis
Alternative designations	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)
Semi-major axis	2.349914 AU (351.5421 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.0975332
Orbital period	3.60 yr (1315.8 d)
Mean anomaly	161.81494°
Mean motion	0° 16^m 24.983^s / day
Inclination	5.993010°
Longitude of ascending node	348.48080°
Argument of perihelion	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
Rotation period	6.7295 h (0.28040 d)
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.9

3281 Maupertuis (1938 DZ) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on 24 February 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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