Pietkeyser

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Discovery Chart

17.10.1960 00:00 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1


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Dutch navigator Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser (c. 1540–1596) sailed to the East Indies in 1595. He is credited with having invented twelve new constellations in the southern sky, first depicted in 1598 on a globe by Petrus Plancius {see planet  (10648)}. (M 47167) _ _.


Discovered on 17-10-1960 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.

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