Kerkhoven

(1052 T-2 )

NOW @ 15 TAU 16

FOUND @ 0 ARI 3

Inclination: 0.707

Eccentricity: 0.14

Period: 5.549 years

AU 3.134

Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

29.9.1973 06:04 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1

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Rudolf Albert Kerkhoven (1879-1940) was a notable Dutch tea planter in Malabar, West Java, who, with his uncle Karel Albert Rudolf Bosscha, greatly contributed to the establishment of the Lembang Observatory. His legacy continues to support astronomical research in Indonesia and Holland.

Discovered on 29-9-1973 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.
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