Yasuofukui

(1994 TC3 )
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NOW @ 21 GEM 48
FOUND @ 1 TAU 57
 
Inclination: 0.986
Eccentricity: 0.191
Period: 3.202 years
AU 2.173
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

2.10.1994 15:58 Kitami 143e47 43n46 observations 1


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Named in honor of Yasuo Fukui (b. 1951), professor at Nagoya University and a radio astronomer specializing in molecular clouds and the birth of stars. He established and directs the operation of the “Nanten” millimeter-wavelength radio telescope at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. He is a winner of the Vainu Bappu Gold Medal and other prizes. Name proposed by the discoverers following a suggestion by T. Sato and A. Fujii.


Discovered on 2-10-1994 in Kitami by Endate, K., Watanabe, K.

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