Discovered by Y. Vaisala Alternative names 1938 DZ Discovered 24 February 1938 Discoverer Yrjö Väisälä Discovery site Iso-Heikkilä Observatory MPC designation 3281 | Discovery date 24 February 1938 Observation arc 31007 days (84.89 yr) Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Aphelion 2.5791091 AU (385.82923 Gm) Perihelion 2.1207196 AU (317.25514 Gm) | ||
3281 Maupertuis (1938 DZ) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 24, 1938 by Y. Vaisala at Turku. The crater was named for the French mathematician and astronomer Pierre Louis Maupertuis (1698 – 1759).
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