Golson

(1959 RJ )
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NOW @ 22 ARI 25
FOUND @ 1 ARI 47
 
Inclination: 5.088
Eccentricity: 0.164
Period: 4.283 years
AU 2.637
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

7.9.1959 07:11 Brooklyn 24e45 59n26 observations 1


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Named in memory of John C. Golson (1927–1984), the first employee of the Kitt Peak National Observatory. “J. C.” had been a night assistant at the McDonald Observatory before he was hired by Aden B. Meinel {see planet  (4065)} to work as an observer on the site survey for a national optical astronomy observatory. The first person hired after Kitt Peak was selected, he received a special service award during the celebration of KPNO’s 25th anniversary in February 1983. (M 10043) _ _.


Discovered on 7-9-1959 in Brooklyn by Indiana University

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