Campins

(1985 PW )
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NOW @ 13 CAP 53
FOUND @ 10 PIS 51
 
Inclination: 1.556
Eccentricity: 0.091
Period: 5.666 years
AU 3.178
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

14.8.1985 07:03 Anderson Mesa 111w32 35n5 observations 1


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Named in honor of Humberto Campins, research scientist at the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson. Well known for his work on the properties of cometary comae, Campins has helped establish pioneering techniques to measure the physical properties of cometary nuclei using simultaneous infrared and visual observations. He has also undertaken infrared searches for intramercurial bodies. (M 12458) _ _.


Discovered on 14-8-1985 in Anderson Mesa by Bowell, E.

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