Zwiers

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NOW @ 9 SAG 12
FOUND @ 11 ARI 59
 
Inclination: 1.341
Eccentricity: 0.148
Period: 3.427 years
AU 2.273
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

24.9.1960 10:48 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1


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Named in memory of Hendrikus Johannes Zwiers (1865–1923), astronomer at the Leiden Observatory who worked in positional astronomy. He is best known for his method for calculating the orbit of visual binaries and for his computation of the orbit of comet 17P/Holmes. (M 26765) _ _.


Discovered on 24-9-1960 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.

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