Shklovskij

(1976 GN3 )
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NOW @ 8 GEM 24
FOUND @ 0 SCO 42
 
Inclination: 6.811
Eccentricity: 0.01
Period: 4.113 years
AU 2.567
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

1.4.1976 23:00 Nauchnyj 34e1 44n32 observations 1


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Named in honor of Iosif Samuilovich Shklovskij {1916–1985}, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, professor at Moscow University and member of the staff at the Space Research Institute. A brilliant popularizer of astronomy, he has also made substantial contributions to research on the solar corona, galactic radio emission and various cosmic objects. (M 8543) _ _.


Discovered on 1-4-1976 in Nauchnyj by Chernykh, N. S.

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