Gehrels

(4007 P-L )
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NOW @ 15 PIS 36
FOUND @ 6 ARI 44
 
Inclination: 3.147
Eccentricity: 0.019
Period: 4.256 years
AU 2.626
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

24.9.1960 09:01 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1


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Named in honor of Tom Gehrels {1925– }, staff member of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at Tucson. Dr. Gehrels is well known for his photometric and polarimetric observations of minor planets and the Moon. (M 3185) _ _.


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

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