Baade

(1938 UJ )
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NOW @ 1 TAU 25
FOUND @ 24 ARI 51
 
Inclination: 7.301
Eccentricity: 0.241
Period: 4.058 years
AU 2.544
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

20.10.1938 23:06 Bergedorf 10e14 53n29 observations 1


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Named in memory of Wilhelm Heinrich Walter Baade (1893–1960), German-born astronomer who joined the staff of Mount Wilson Observatory in 1931 and whose observations of M31 and its companion led to the classification of stars in two discrete populations. While at Bergedorf in 1920 he discovered (944) Hidalgo, and at Palomar in 1949 he discovered (1566) Icarus. These are the minor planets of largest aphelion and smallest perihelion distance, respectively. (M 4236) _ _.


Discovered on 20-10-1938 in Bergedorf by Wachmann, A.

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