Buysballot

(6809 P-L )

NOW @ 9 VIR 8

Inclination: 1.011

Eccentricity: 0.125

Period: 3.301 years

AU 2.217

Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

24.9.1960 00:00 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1

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Dutch scientist Christophorus H. D. Buys Ballot (1817-1890) created Buys Ballot's law describing the turning of the winds in northern and southern hemispheres. He founded the Astronomical Institute at the University of Utrecht (Sonnenborgh) in 1853 and the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute in 1854.

Discovered on 24-9-1960 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.
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