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28 ar 50
NOW @ 28 ARI 50
Kuiper
(2520 P-L )
Inclination: 9.485
Eccentricity: 0.018
Period: 5.469 years
AU 3.104
Type: 0000
Discovery Chart
24.9.1960 11:05 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1 << prev in category - Astronomers - next in category >>
Named in honor of G. P. Kuiper {1905–1973}, former Director of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at Tucson, and former Director of the Yerkes Observatory. Dr. Kuiper was a well known authority on the solar system and initiated both the McDonald Survey and the Palomar-Leiden Survey of minor planets. (M 3185) _ _.
Discovered on 24-9-1960 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. | ||
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