Herrick

(1948 SB )
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NOW @ 21 PIS 0
FOUND @ 23 ARI 38
 
Inclination: 8.764
Eccentricity: 0.126
Period: 6.364 years
AU 3.434
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

30.9.1948 23:22 Uccle 4e21 50n48 observations 1


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Named in honor of Samuel Herrick (1911–1974), well-known for his many contributions to celestial mechanics and astrodynamics, particularly for his perturbation method in vector elements and for his concept of universal variables. Dr. Herrick also worked extensively on the orbits of the Earth-approaching minor planets  (1580) Betulia,  (1685) Toro (each of which was named for Mrs. Herrick),  (1566) Icarus and  (1620) Geographos. (M 3824) _ _.


Discovered on 30-9-1948 in Uccle by Arend, S. J.

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