ii IRTF

(1981 ES8 )

NOW @ 0 ARI 36

Inclination: 9.645

Eccentricity: 0.104

Period: 5.244 years

AU 3.018

Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

1.3.1981 00:00 Siding Spring 149e3 31s16 observations 1

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The 3-meter NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) began operation on Mauna Kea in 1979. The IRTF provides valuable ground-based observations that support NASA planetary missions and basic solar system research, including extensive studies of minor planets and comets.

Discovered on 1-3-1981 in Siding Spring by Bus, S. J.
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