Geneparker

(2779 P-L )
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NOW @ 6 PIS 38
FOUND @ 15 ARI 20
 
Inclination: 2.207
Eccentricity: 0.18
Period: 3.36 years
AU 2.243
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

24.9.1960 11:05 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1


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At the University of Chicago since 1955, Eugene N. Parker (b. 1927) is an authority on solar wind and the effects of magnetic fields in the heliosphere. He proposed models for the solar wind based on observations of comet tails and then saw spacecraft go out and confirm his models.


Discovered on 24-9-1960 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.

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