McMillan

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24.9.1960 00:00 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1


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Named in honor of Robert S. McMillan, astronomer at the University of Arizona. McMillan heads the radial velocity program that searches for planets of other stars. He also works for Spacewatch, being instrumental in that project’s development for the discovery of asteroids and comets. (M 16040) _ _.


Discovered on 24-9-1960 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.

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