Porthan

(1943 EP )

NOW @ 20 GEM 14

FOUND @ 29 VIR 39

Inclination: 11.945

Eccentricity: 0.135

Period: 4.31 years

AU 2.648

Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

3.3.1943 23:45 Turku 22e14 60n27 observations 1

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Named for Henrik Gabriel Porthan (1739–1804), historian and professor of oratory at the Academia Aboensis. This ‘Father of Finnish History’ pioneered the study of history based on facts, rather than on fantasy. (M 7945) _ _.

Discovered on 3-3-1943 in Turku by Vaisala, Y.
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