Vallenar

(1978 NY )

NOW @ 8 LIB 41

Inclination: 5.926

Eccentricity: 0.123

Period: 3.578 years

AU 2.339

Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

9.7.1978 00:00 La Silla 70w44 29s15 observations 1

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Vallenar, capital of the Chilean province of Huasco, is located some 90 km north of the La Silla observatory site. Established at the southern edge of the Atacama desert in 1789 by Ambrosio O'Higgins as Villa San Ambrosio de Ballenary, Vallenar now has a population of 53~000 and is famous for iron mining and sweet grapes.

Discovered on 9-7-1978 in La Silla by Schuster, H.-E.
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