Perolof

(1175 T-3 )
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NOW @ 5 VIR 11
FOUND @ 20 ARI 40
 
Inclination: 6.568
Eccentricity: 0.097
Period: 5.49 years
AU 3.112
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

17.10.1977 06:05 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1


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Named in honor of Per Olof Lindblad, Swedish astronomer, director of the Stockholm Observatory at Saltsjöbaden. He has served as president of the council of the European Southern Observatory and is currently a vice president of the IAU. He is the son of the astronomer Bertil Lindblad (1895–1965) {see planet  (1448)}. (M 18455) _ _.


Discovered on 17-10-1977 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.

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