Alu

(1989 ED )
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NOW @ 15 TAU 1
FOUND @ 17 VIR 48
 
Inclination: 15.702
Eccentricity: 0.106
Period: 4.055 years
AU 2.543
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

5.3.1989 09:12 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1


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Named for Jeff Alu, a talented musician and composer, as well as a participant in the Palomar Planet Crossing Asteroid Survey. He has shared the long cold winter nights at Palomar and the pleasure of discovery. Jeff himself found several near-earth asteroids, as well as main-belt objects. (M 15261) _ _.


Discovered on 5-3-1989 in Palomar by Helin, E. F.

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