Chrisclark

(1991 CL3 )
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14.2.1991 00:00 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1


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Named in honor of Christopher C. Clark, an electrooptical engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory who designed and assembled the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking camera system. This NEAT camera contains a large-format CCD sensor that provides digital image data, allowing for computer-automated data analysis and Near-Earth Object discoveries. He used his expertise in the development, integration and testing of focal plane arrays to make NEAT a success. (M 26932) _ _.


Discovered on 14-2-1991 in Palomar by Helin, E. F.

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