Hoyle

(1986 AW2 )
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NOW @ 19 GEM 55
FOUND @ 25 LEO 16
 
Inclination: 17.209
Eccentricity: 0.213
Period: 4.279 years
AU 2.636
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

12.1.1986 09:41 Anderson Mesa 111w32 35n5 observations 1


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Fred Hoyle (b. 1915) is the leading proponent of steady-state cosmology. He predicted an excited state in the carbon atom and contributed extensively to the study of nucleosynthesis in stars. Hoyle served as president of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1971 to 1973. The name was suggested by S. Mitton.


Discovered on 12-1-1986 in Anderson Mesa by Bowell, E.

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