YORP

(2000 PH5 )
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NOW @ 0 AQU 35

Discovery Chart

3.8.2000 00:00 Socorro 107W11 33N59 observations 1


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This naming collectively honors Ivan O. Yarkovsky, John A. O'Keefe, V. V. Radzievskij and Stephen J. Paddack, who were instrumental to the realization that radiation torques due to sunlight can affect the spin states of minor planets. Data on this object provided the first direct observational evidence for the YORP effect.


Discovered on 3-8-2000 in Socorro by LINEAR

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