Delisle

(1992 OF1 )

NOW @ 13 SCO 57

Inclination: 9.696

Eccentricity: 0.219

Period: 5.515 years

AU 3.121

Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

26.7.1992 00:00 Caussols 6e56 43n45 observations 1

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Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (1688-1768) was a French astronomer who went to Russia, where he founded the observatory of St. Petersburg. His brother, Guillaume Delisle (1675-1726), reformed French cartography by introducing a method for fixing positions by astronomical observation.

Discovered on 26-7-1992 in Caussols by Elst, E. W.
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