Purkyne

(1985 DW )
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NOW @ 11 CAP 30
FOUND @ 0 VIR 59
 
Inclination: 4.922
Eccentricity: 0.091
Period: 4.684 years
AU 2.8
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

20.2.1985 23:27 Klet 14e17 48n53 observations 1


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Named in memory of J. E. Purkyně (1787–1869), professor of physiology in Wroclaw and Prague. He discovered the physiological effect, well known to observers of variable stars, that causes comparable variations in brightness to appear more extreme for red light than for blue light. (M 26424) _ _.


Discovered on 20-2-1985 in Klet by Mrkos, A.

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