ii MACEK

(1998 DP )

NOW @ 9 LEO 40

Inclination: 13.871

Eccentricity: 0.122

Period: 5.619 years

AU 3.16

Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

18.2.1998 00:00 Klet 14e17 48n53 observations 1

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A partial anagram of the Czech word for microaccelerometer, MACEK was designed under the leadership of the Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences to measure extremely low levels of acceleration on board artificial satellites. Its performance has been proven aboard Space Shuttle STS-79.

Discovered on 18-2-1998 in Klet by Tichy, M., Moravec, Z.
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