Goudsmit
(4665 P-L )
Inclination: 4.333
Eccentricity: 0.131
Period: 3.795 years
AU 2.433
Type: 0000
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24.9.1960 00:00 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1 << prev in category - Western Family Names - next in category >>
Together with G. E. Uhlenbeck, Dutch-American physicist Samuel A. Goudsmit (1902-1978) formulated the concept of electron spin. This led to major changes in atomic theory and quantum mechanics. The name was suggested by W. A. Fröger.
Discovered on 24-9-1960 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. | ||
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