Garstang

(1991 RG )

NOW @ 9 CAP 10

FOUND @ 20 PIS 27

Inclination: 3.914

Eccentricity: 0.095

Period: 3.348 years

AU 2.238

Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

4.9.1991 14:40 Siding Spring 149e3 31s16 observations 1

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Roy Henry Garstang (1925-2009) made basic contributions in atomic physics and astronomical spectroscopy. A pioneer in modeling light pollution, he promoted night sky protection. Assistant director of the University of London Observatory (1959-1964), he then joined the faculty of the University of Colorado in Boulder.

Discovered on 4-9-1991 in Siding Spring by McNaught, R. H.
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