Weerstra

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NOW @ 7 AQU 14
FOUND @ 8 ARI 24
 
Inclination: 0.948
Eccentricity: 0.21
Period: 5.681 years
AU 3.184
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

29.9.1973 07:56 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1


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Named in honor of Klaas Weerstra, administrative officer and longtime programmer at the Leiden Observatory. He is an enthusiastic visual comet observer and is always very helpful when the van Houtens {see planets  (1673),  (1674)} need help with new programs for their minor planet surveys. (M 22507; M 24421) _ _.


Discovered on 29-9-1973 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.

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