Ostro

(1981 LA )
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NOW @ 21 TAU 53
FOUND @ 29 CAP 17
 
Inclination: 24.903
Eccentricity: 0.067
Period: 2.602 years
AU 1.892
Type: 0006

Discovery Chart

4.6.1981 08:55 Anderson Mesa 111w32 35n5 observations 1


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Named in honor of Steven J. Ostro, planetary scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology. Ostro has specialized in radar studies of solar system objects, including the Galilean satellites. He is the leader in radar research on minor planets and has used his observations to deduce their surface roughness and radar reflectivity. He has also combined his radar data with optical rotational lightcurves to study the shapes and axial orientations of minor planets. (M 11749) _ _.


Discovered on 4-6-1981 in Anderson Mesa by Bowell, E.

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