Doressoundiram

(1982 OD )
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NOW @ 19 SCO 19
FOUND @ 20 AQU 36
 
Inclination: 14.793
Eccentricity: 0.3
Period: 4.243 years
AU 2.621
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

17.7.1982 07:43 Anderson Mesa 111w32 35n5 observations 1


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Named in honor of Alain Doressoundiram (b. 1968), French planetary scientist. Doressoundiram has worked on the collisional evolution of the population of minor planets, in particular the formation and evolution of binary systems during a family-forming collision. He has contributed to the spectroscopic characterization of a number of minor planet families and helped plan the Rosetta and DS4-Champollion space missions. Name suggested and citation prepared by M. A. Barucci and M. Fulchignoni.


Discovered on 17-7-1982 in Anderson Mesa by Bowell, E.

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