Buie

(1981 FG )
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NOW @ 0 TAU 11
FOUND @ 14 LIB 24
 
Inclination: 3.279
Eccentricity: 0.147
Period: 3.696 years
AU 2.39
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

30.3.1981 08:17 Anderson Mesa 111w32 35n5 observations 1


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Named in honor of Marc W. Buie (b. 1958), an astronomer at Lowell Observatory, who has made many important contributions to planetary astronomy. These include the identification of water ice on Pluto's satellite Charon, constraints on the albedo and frost distribution on Pluto and Charon and improvements in our knowledge of Charon's orbit. Buie is also a codiscoverer of several transneptunian objects and has developed a wide variety of astronomical software used at Lowell Observatory and elsewhere. Citation provided by J. R. Spencer at the request of the discoverer.


Discovered on 30-3-1981 in Anderson Mesa by Bowell, E.

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