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1282 Utopia

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Discovered by
  
C. Jackson

Alternative names
  
1933 QM1

Aphelion
  
3.5058 AU (524.46 Gm)

Discovered
  
17 August 1933

Discoverer
  
Cyril Jackson

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

Discovery site
  
Union Observatory

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.

References

1282 Utopia Wikipedia