Nunes

(1982 SC2 )
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NOW @ 20 LEO 14
FOUND @ 20 AQU 7
 
Inclination: 4.525
Eccentricity: 0.123
Period: 3.298 years
AU 2.216
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

18.9.1982 04:20 La Silla 70w44 29s15 observations 1


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Named in memory of Pedro Nunes, Portuguese mathematician and geographer, called “the peak figure in Portuguese nautical science”. He invented the instrument later known as the vernier, and he translated Sacrobosco into Portuguese. (M 21610) _ _.


Discovered on 18-9-1982 in La Silla by Debehogne, H.

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