Argelander

(1938 DC1 )
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NOW @ 22 SAG 53
FOUND @ 16 VIR 54
 
Inclination: 3.76
Eccentricity: 0.066
Period: 3.706 years
AU 2.395
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

24.2.1938 22:47 Turku 22e14 60n27 observations 1


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Named in honor of F. W. A. Argelander (1799–1875), director of the ancient observatory of Turku (Abo), and later director of the Bonn Observatory, and author of the famous Bonner Durchmusterung. (M 2278) Argelander is also honored by a lunar crater. _ _.


Discovered on 24-2-1938 in Turku by Vaisala, Y.

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