Kaufer

(2002 XW37 )
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NOW @ 23 SCO 50
FOUND @ 21 CAN 30
 
Inclination: 8.392
Eccentricity: 0.109
Period: 3.999 years
AU 2.519
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

9.12.2002 23:07 Heppenheim 24e45 59n26 observations 1


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German astronomer Andreas Kaufer (b. 1968) is director of operations at the European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory. In 1983 he started his career as an amateur astronomer at the Starkenburg Observatory, where this minor planet was discovered. The name was suggested by codiscoverer E. Schwab.


Discovered on 9-12-2002 in Heppenheim by Heppenheim

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