Mebailey
(1976 SF )
Inclination: 1.481
Eccentricity: 0.135
Period: 5.681 years
AU 3.184
Type: 0000
Discovery Chart
20.9.1976 00:00 Kvistaberg 17e36 59n30 observations 1 << prev in category - Shortened names - next in category >>
Named in honor of Mark E. Bailey, a British astronomer at the University of Manchester well known for his work on the origin of comets, the dynamics of the Oort cloud and the capture of comets into short-period orbits. (M 16042) _ _.
Discovered on 20-9-1976 in Kvistaberg by Lagerkvist, C.-I., Rickman, H. | ||
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