Holt

(1983 AG2 )
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NOW @ 29 AQU 53
FOUND @ 0 VIR 7
 
Inclination: 21.937
Eccentricity: 0.334
Period: 3.527 years
AU 2.317
Type: 0005

Discovery Chart

13.1.1983 11:00 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1


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Named for Henry E. Holt, planetary geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey and Northern Arizona University. As a member of the Surveyor and Apollo scientific teams, he investigated the detailed geology and photometric properties of the lunar surface. Since retiring from the Geological Survey, he has been a principal participant in the Palomar Asteroid and Comet Survey and is the discoverer or codiscoverer of six comets and numerous asteroids, including (4581) Asclepius, the numbered asteroid that has made the closest approach to the earth. (M 17656) _ _.


Discovered on 13-1-1983 in Palomar by Shoemaker, C. S.

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