Fricke

(1941 CG )
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NOW @ 9 TAU 22
FOUND @ 29 LEO 17
 
Inclination: 4.32
Eccentricity: 0.127
Period: 5.719 years
AU 3.198
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

15.2.1941 20:35 Heidelberg 8e43 49n24 observations 1


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Named in honor of Walter Ernst Fricke {1915–1988}, Director of the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut in Heidelberg since 1955. The principal author of the FK4, he has also worked extensively on the system of astronomical constants. He served as president of IAU Commissions 4 (1958–1964) and 8 (1970–1973) and vice president of the IAU (1964–1967). (M 3930) _ _.


Discovered on 15-2-1941 in Heidelberg by Reinmuth, K.

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