LOFAR

(3178 T-1 )
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NOW @ 12 VIR 20
FOUND @ 7 LIB 49
 
Inclination: 2.546
Eccentricity: 0.153
Period: 3.789 years
AU 2.431
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

26.3.1971 08:03 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1


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LOFAR (LOw-Frequency ARray), a novel radio telescope, proposed by Leiden astronomer George Miley and inaugurated in 2010, consists of tens of thousands of individual low-frequency antennas, distributed over north-western Europe, with its core region in the Netherlands.


Discovered on 26-3-1971 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.

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