Becquerel

(1992 GZ )
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NOW @ 27 GEM 50
FOUND @ 15 SCO 42
 
Inclination: 2.212
Eccentricity: 0.244
Period: 4.133 years
AU 2.575
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

3.4.1992 10:44 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1


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Named for the French physicist Henri Becquerel {1852–1908} on the centennial of his discovery of radioactivity in March 1896. Becquerel’s work led to the discovery of radium, nuclear transmutation and nuclear fission, and it has had a myriad applications in medicine, the sciences and industry. Radionuclides are used in diagnosis (nuclear medicine), therapy and research. Radiodating has revolutionized geology, archaeology, anthropology and history. Radioactivity explains how the earth has stayed warm; nuclear reactions explain how the sun and other stars maintain their immense energy output. (M 27332; M 27347) _ _.


Discovered on 3-4-1992 in Palomar by Shoemaker, C. S., Levy, D. H., Holt, H. E.

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