Schouten

(1021 T-3 )

NOW @ 8 VIR 28

Inclination: 7.502

Eccentricity: 0.125

Period: 4.544 years

AU 2.743

Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

17.10.1977 00:00 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1

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Cornelis Willem Schouten (1580-1625), together with Jacob Le Maire, discovered a passage from the south Atlantic to the Pacific. The Straits of Le Maire (Estrecho De Le Maire) is, with Staten Island (Isla de los Estados) and Cape Horn (Cabo de Hornos), a reminder of their epic 1615-1616 voyage.

Discovered on 17-10-1977 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.
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