Discovered by C. Jackson Alternative names 1933 QM1 Aphelion 3.5058 AU (524.46 Gm) Discovered 17 August 1933 Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 17 August 1933 Observation arc 82.63 yr (30182 days) Perihelion 2.7291 AU (408.27 Gm) Orbits Sun MPC designation 1282 | |
Similar 1930 Lucifer, 399 Persephone, 55 Pandora, 1221 Amor, 1862 Apollo | ||
1282 Utopia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 17, 1933, by South African astronomer Cyril V. Jackson at Johannesburg (UO). It was assigned the preliminary designation 1933 QM1.
Photometric observations at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado, from 1999–2006 were used to build a light curve for this object. The asteroid displayed a rotation period of 13.61 ± 0.01 hours and a brightness variation of 0.28 ± 0.01 in magnitude.
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