Inclination: 3.359
Eccentricity: 0.186
Period: 3.764 years
AU 2.42
Type: 0000
Discovery Chart
11.10.1929 07:59 Flagstaff 111w40 35n12 observations 1 << prev in category - Western Family Names - next in category >>
In 1941, Andrew McKellar (1910-1960) measured the temperature of interstellar space as about 2.7 Kelvin, based of the rotational spectrum of the cyanogen molecule. This radiation temperature arises from the cosmic primeval fireball and is one of the most fundamental and revealing cosmic parameters.
Discovered on 11-10-1929 in Flagstaff by Tombaugh, C. W. | ||
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