Zhang Heng

(1964 TW1 )
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NOW @ 5 VIR 43
FOUND @ 12 ARI 43
 
Inclination: 2.693
Eccentricity: 0.033
Period: 4.791 years
AU 2.842
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

9.10.1964 14:12 Nanking 118e49 32n4 observations 1


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Named for Zhang Heng (78–139), a prominent scientist of the eastern Han dynasty who devised and constructed armillary spheres and seismographs. He also invented a celestial sphere driven by water power that is in many respects the forerunner of the modern planetarium. (M 4419) _ _.


Discovered on 9-10-1964 in Nanking by Purple Mountain Observatory

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