ii de Saussure

(1993 OQ5 )

NOW @ 27 SAG 22

Inclination: 5.82

Eccentricity: 0.232

Period: 4.713 years

AU 2.811

Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

20.7.1993 00:00 La Silla 70w44 29s15 observations 1

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Swiss aristocrat and physicist Horace-Bénedict de Saussure (1770-1799) made several journeys through the Swiss Alps, directing his attention to its botany, mineralogy, geology and topography of the snowy mountains. This naming also honors the linguist Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913).

Discovered on 20-7-1993 in La Silla by Elst, E. W.
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