(1280) Baillauda Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 August 1933 by E. Delporte at Uccle.
Where Baillauda is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Baillauda is 3.51 au from the Sun and 4.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 1280 |
| Provisional designation | 1933 QB |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 50.8 km (#728 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0505 |
| Rotation period | 12.6 hours |
| Spectral type | X |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.1 |
| Orbital period | 6.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.27 – 3.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0424 |
| Inclination | 6.43° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.28 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 18 August 1933
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