Purple Mountain

(1980 XW )
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NOW @ 0 GEM 13
FOUND @ 7 GEM 9
 
Inclination: 5.832
Eccentricity: 0.13
Period: 3.602 years
AU 2.35
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

7.12.1980 14:06 Nanking 118e49 32n4 observations 1


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Named in honor of the Purple Mountain Observatory (PMO), established in 1934 in the eastern part of Nanjing {see planet  (2078)}, near the Yangtse River. Research undertaken at PMO includes celestial mechanics, astrophysics, and radio and space astronomy. Four comets and over one hundred minor planets have been discovered at PMO. The observatory has also played an important role in developing modern Chinese astronomy. (M 22829) _ _.


Discovered on 7-12-1980 in Nanking by Purple Mountain Observatory

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