Discovered by Delporte, E. MPC designation 1280 Observation arc 82.40 yr (30097 days) Discovered 18 August 1933 Discoverer Eugène Joseph Delporte | Discovery date 18 August 1933 Alternative names 1933 QB Orbital period 2,314 days Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Aphelion 3.5865338 AU (536.53782 Gm) Discovery site Royal Observatory of Belgium Similar 1221 Amor, 2101 Adonis, Sun | ||
1280 Baillauda (1933 QB) is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on August 18, 1933, by Delporte, E. at Uccle.
(1280) Baillauda has a diameter of 50.83 km and turns on itself in 12.6 hours.
Its name is not a direct reference to the famous astronomer Benjamin Baillaud, but refers to his son Jules Baillaud, himself an astronomer, who led the observatory of the Pic du Midi de Bigorre from 1937 to 1947.
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