Collins

(1983 EB1 )
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NOW @ 5 GEM 2
FOUND @ 17 VIR 42
 
Inclination: 2.674
Eccentricity: 0.124
Period: 3.795 years
AU 2.433
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

4.3.1983 21:53 Klet 14e17 48n53 observations 1


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Named in honor of Michael Collins (1930– ), U.S. astronaut. In 1966 he served as pilot of the Gemini 10 mission. In 1969 he was assigned to Apollo 11 as the command-module pilot. While Armstrong and Aldrin {see planets  (6469) and  (6470)} took their first walk on the lunar surface, Collins flew a lonely lifeguard assignment for more than 24 hours, waiting for them to launch their lunar craft and rejoin him in lunar orbit. This minor planet commemorates the thirtieth anniversary of the first manned lunar-landing mission. (M 34623) _ _.


Discovered on 4-3-1983 in Klet by Mrkos, A.

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