David Bender

(1978 VG3 )
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NOW @ 24 CAP 22
FOUND @ 13 GEM 40
 
Inclination: 15.557
Eccentricity: 0.153
Period: 5.285 years
AU 3.034
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

7.11.1978 06:29 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1


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Named in honor of David F. Bender, whose analytical techniques and innovations are widely used to evaluate potential space missions to minor planets. A pioneer in the generation of trajectories for both flyby and rendezvous missions, and now a septuagenarian, he is still actively involved in related work at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he has long been a member of the Advance Project Group in the Mission Design Section. (M 8065) _ _.


Discovered on 7-11-1978 in Palomar by Helin, E. F., Bus, S. J.

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