Churyumov

(1978 PP3 )

NOW @ 27 CAN 32

Inclination: 2.498

Eccentricity: 0.173

Period: 5.495 years

AU 3.114

Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

8.8.1978 00:00 Nauchnyj 34e1 44n32 observations 1

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Named in honor of Klim Ivanovich Churyumov {1937– }, an astronomer on the Astronomical Faculty of Kiev University known for his work on comets. He was a codiscoverer of periodic comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 1969. (M 8542) _ _.

Discovered on 8-8-1978 in Nauchnyj by Chernykh, N. S.
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