Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | E. Delporte |
Discovery site | Uccle Obs. |
Discovery date | 18 August 1933 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (1280) Baillauda |
Named after | Jules Baillaud[2] (French astronomer) |
Alternative designations | 1933 QB · 1931 HE 1946 SF · 1959 UK 1961 AN · A912 GB |
Minor planet category | main-belt · (outer)[3] background[4] |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 84.12 yr (30,725 days) |
Aphelion | 3.5842 AU |
Perihelion | 3.2431 AU |
Semi-major axis | 3.4136 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.0500 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 6.31 yr (2,304 days) |
Mean anomaly | 61.729° |
Mean motion | 0° 9m 22.68s / day |
Inclination | 6.4598° |
Longitude of ascending node | 293.06° |
Argument of perihelion | 98.986° |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 50.83±2.0 km[3][5] 53.97±0.72 km[6] |
Synodic rotation period | 12.6 h[7] |
Geometric albedo | 0.045±0.001[6] 0.0505±0.004[3][5] |
Spectral type | Tholen = X[1] P (derived from Tholen)[3] B–V = 0.671[1] U–B = 0.360[1] |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.99±0.22[8] · 10.33[1][3][5][6] |
1280 Baillauda, provisional designation 1933 QB, is a dark background asteroid from the outermost region of the asteroid belt, approximately 52 kilometers in diameter. Discovered by Eugène Delporte at Uccle Observatory in 1933, the asteroid was named after French astronomer Jules Baillaud.[9]
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