Foscarini

(1985 RV4 )
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NOW @ 21 SAG 46
FOUND @ 8 ARI 3
 
Inclination: 0.283
Eccentricity: 0.177
Period: 5.744 years
AU 3.207
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

15.9.1985 03:26 La Silla 70w44 29s15 observations 1


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Paolo Antonio Foscarini (1565-1616) was an Italian Carmelite father, philosopher and scientist, whose 1615 attempt to publish a letter supporting Pythagorean and Copernican opinion about the nature of the solar system was condemned by the Roman Inquisition, along with the writings of Galileo and Copernicus.


Discovered on 15-9-1985 in La Silla by Debehogne, H.

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