Paczynski

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NOW @ 1 GEM 53
FOUND @ 11 ARI 48
 
Inclination: 2.822
Eccentricity: 0.153
Period: 3.684 years
AU 2.385
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

24.9.1960 11:05 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1


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Polish-born astrophysicist Bohdan Paczynski (b. 1940), at Princeton University since 1982, is known for his theoretical work on γ-ray bursters---he was an early proponent of their being at cosmological distances---and for leading searches for gravitational lensing by low-mass stars and substellar objects.


Discovered on 24-9-1960 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.

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