Rowland

(1993 RL5 )
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NOW @ 2 LIB 11
FOUND @ 9 ARI 10
 
Inclination: 2.59
Eccentricity: 0.062
Period: 3.592 years
AU 2.345
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

15.9.1993 03:08 La Silla 70w44 29s15 observations 1


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Henry Rowland (1848–1901) was an American physicist who in 1885 developed a machine capable of engraving as many as 20 000 lines per inch for the construction of diffraction gratings. His invention of the concave diffraction grating revolutionized spectrum analysis. (M 39655) _ _.


Discovered on 15-9-1993 in La Silla by Elst, E. W.

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