Chant

(1984 CZ )
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NOW @ 17 AQU 51
FOUND @ 17 VIR 49
 
Inclination: 10.04
Eccentricity: 0.086
Period: 4.293 years
AU 2.641
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

8.2.1984 06:35 Anderson Mesa 111w32 35n5 observations 1


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Named in memory of Clarence Augustus Chant (1865–1956), generally referred to as the “father of Canadian astronomy”. A renowned teacher, Chant organized the Astronomy Department of the University of Toronto and built up the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. He participated in five solar eclipse expeditions, the most important being the one he led to Australia in 1922 to test Einstein’s {see planet  (2001)} prediction of the deflection of starlight by a massive body. (M 12210) _ _.


Discovered on 8-2-1984 in Anderson Mesa by Bowell, E.

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