Kresak

(1942 AB )
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NOW @ 20 CAP 28
FOUND @ 7 LEO 12
 
Inclination: 10.761
Eccentricity: 0.018
Period: 5.337 years
AU 3.054
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

14.1.1942 21:57 Heidelberg 8e43 49n24 observations 1


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Named in honor of Luboš Kresák {1927–1994}, astronomer at the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava. Well-known for his theoretical work on meteors and the question of their relationship with comets and minor planets, he has also been an observer at the Skalnaté Pleso {see planet  (2619)} Observatory, where in 1951 he rediscovered the short-period comet now known as Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák {see planets  (5036) and  (1756) for the codiscoverers}. He was president of IAU Commission 20 for the period 1973–1976. (M 3935) _ _.


Discovered on 14-1-1942 in Heidelberg by Reinmuth, K.

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