Discovered by A. R. Klemola MPC designation 2131 Mayall Minor planet category main-belt (inner) Discovered 3 September 1975 Discoverer Arnold Richard Klemola Discovery site Lick Observatory | Discovery date 3 September 1975 Alternative names 1975 RA Observation arc 40.44 yr (14769 days) Orbits Sun Named after Nicholas Mayall Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Similar Asteroid belt, 2577 Litva, Solar System, 41 Daphne, Sun | ||
2131 Mayall (1975 RA) is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on September 3, 1975 by Arnold Klemola at the Lick Observatory and named in honor of Nicholas U. Mayall (1906–1993), director of the Kitt Peak National Observatory during 1960–1971, who also worked at Lick for many years.
Photometric measurements of the asteroid made in 2005 at the Palmer Divide Observatory showed a light curve with a period of 2.572 ± 0.002 hours and a brightness variation of 0.08 ± 0.02 in magnitude.
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