Prast

(6562 P-L )
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NOW @ 18 LEO 49
FOUND @ 28 PIS 38
 
Inclination: 2.325
Eccentricity: 0.149
Period: 5.624 years
AU 3.163
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

24.9.1960 08:24 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1


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Named in honor of Martin Prast, friend of one of the discoverers. Severely wounded in Vietnam in 1970, he became paraplegic and confined to a wheelchair. Together with his father he founded “Prast Research Association: Mobility Aids for Handicapped Persons”. In 1977 he received the Outstanding Citizen award in the 36th Congressional District of New York State, and in 1982 he parachuted successfully into the Niagara River near Grand Island, N.Y. (M 12457) _ _.


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

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