Orlov

(1978 RZ5 )
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NOW @ 12 TAU 15
FOUND @ 27 ARI 2
 
Inclination: 3.982
Eccentricity: 0.12
Period: 5.002 years
AU 2.925
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

13.9.1978 01:11 Nauchnyj 34e1 44n32 observations 1


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Named in memory of Sergej Vladimirovich Orlov (1880–1958), professor at Moscow University who contributed much to research on comets. This planet also honors Aleksandr Yakovlevich Orlov (1880–1954), founder and first director of the Golosseevo Astronomical Observatory, known for his research on the Earth’s polar motion and on tidal variations in gravity. (M 7786) _ _.


Discovered on 13-9-1978 in Nauchnyj by Chernykh, N. S.

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