(72827) Maxaub

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( 72827 ) Maxaub is an asteroid of the middle main belt, which the Spanish astronomers Rafael Ferrando at the Observatorio Pla D' Arguines (IAU code 941) was discovered in Segorbe, Valencia Province on 23 April 2001.

The asteroid belongs to the Eunomia family, one named after (15 ) Eunomia group, which includes probably five percent of the asteroids of the main belt. After FORMING classification (Small Main -Belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey) were assumed in ( 72827 ) Maxaub from a bright surface with a spectroscopic investigation of Gianluca Masi, Sergio Foglia and Richard P. Binzel, it might be so, roughly speaking, to act an S- asteroids.

The timeless ( nichtoskulierenden ) orbital elements of ( 72827 ) Maxaub are almost identical to those of the smaller, if we start from the absolute brightness of 16.0 compared to 14.3, asteroid ( 282383 ) 2003 RU25.

( 72827 ) Maxaub is named after the Spanish writer Max Aub ( 1903-1972 ). The appointment was made on March 6, 2004.