Zu Chong-Zhi

(1964 VO1 )
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NOW @ 9 AQU 21
FOUND @ 11 GEM 57
 
Inclination: 5.852
Eccentricity: 0.169
Period: 4.064 years
AU 2.547
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

9.11.1964 19:16 Nanking 118e49 32n4 observations 1


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Named for Zu Chong-Zhi (492–500), a distinguished astronomer-mathematician during the period of the Liu-Sung dynasty. He improved the calendrical system of his time. He constructed a bronze compass that can rotate freely while pointing in the same direction. He also ascertained that the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle is between 3.1415926 and 3.1415927. (M 4419) _ _.


Discovered on 9-11-1964 in Nanking by Purple Mountain Observatory

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