Dommanget

(1983 QJ )
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NOW @ 24 AQU 16
FOUND @ 8 PIS 51
 
Inclination: 6.467
Eccentricity: 0.064
Period: 4.549 years
AU 2.745
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

31.8.1983 07:11 La Silla 70w44 29s15 observations 1


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Named in honor of Jean Dommanget, head of the department of astrometry and celestial mechanics at the Royal Observatory of Belgium (1967–89), for his more than 40 years of continuous research activity in double-star astronomy and on related problems concerning astrometry and image quality. He participated in the ESO site survey in South Africa (1955–57) and was acting director of the Boyden Observatory (1964–65). He served as president of IAU Commission 26 during 1970–73 and since 1980 has been coordinator on double stars for the Hipparcos Input Catalogue Consortium. (M 15574) _ _.


Discovered on 31-8-1983 in La Silla by Debehogne, H.

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