1631 Kopff

1631 Kopff
Discovery[1]
Discovered byY. Väisälä
Discovery siteTurku Obs.
Discovery date11 October 1936
Designations
(1631) Kopff
Named after
August Kopff (astronomer)[2]
1936 UC · 1926 TH
1935 FG · 1946 SA
1952 HV2
main-belt · Flora[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc90.37 yr (33,006 days)
Aphelion2.7129 AU
Perihelion1.7572 AU
2.2350 AU
Eccentricity0.2138
3.34 yr (1,220 days)
107.17°
Inclination7.4943°
16.826°
315.11°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions8.636±0.395 km[4]
9.58±0.21 km[5]
9.66±1.2 km[6]
9.71 km (derived)[3]
6.683±0.001 h[7]
0.2497±0.074[6]
0.259±0.012[5]
0.2710 (derived)[3]
0.342±0.061[4]
S[3]
12.1[1][3][4] · 12.2[5][6] · 12.57±0.35[8]

1631 Kopff (provisional designation 1936 UC) is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 9 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 11 October 1936, by Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku Observatory in Southwest Finland.[9][a] It was later named after German astronomer August Kopff.[2]

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