Christoffel

(1997 AN12 )

NOW @ 19 AQU 19

FOUND @ 28 TAU 20

Inclination: 7.372

Eccentricity: 0.041

Period: 4.137 years

AU 2.577

Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

10.1.1997 04:44 Prescott 112w29 34n31 observations 1

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Elwin Bruno Christoffel (1829–1900) was a professor at various German universities. His work on quadratic differential forms, inspired by Riemann, anticipated some of the results of tensor theory later developed by Ricci and Levi-Civita {see planets (13642) and (12473)}. (M 42366) _ _.

Discovered on 10-1-1997 in Prescott by Comba, P. G.
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