Maupertuis

(1938 DZ )
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NOW @ 6 CAN 23
FOUND @ 8 VIR 5
 
Inclination: 5.985
Eccentricity: 0.097
Period: 3.606 years
AU 2.351
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

24.2.1938 21:21 Turku 22e14 60n27 observations 1


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Named for Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698–1759), French mathematician and geodesist, from 1731 a member of the French Academy. During 1736–1737 he conducted the degree measurement in the Tornio {see planet  (1471)} river valley in Finland. (M 18451) Maupertuis is also honored by a lunar crater. _ _.


Discovered on 24-2-1938 in Turku by Vaisala, Y.

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