Syrinx

(1981 VA )
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NOW @ 9 PIS 53
FOUND @ 0 GEM 3
 
Inclination: 21.144
Eccentricity: 0.746
Period: 3.875 years
AU 2.467
Type: 1803

Discovery Chart

4.11.1981 07:43 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1


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In 1918 the Danish composer Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) composed the tone poem Pan and Syrinx, based on a story in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Syrinx was a river nymph who was pursued by Pan. The gods, taking pity on her, transformed her into a collection of reeds. The name was suggested by J. Meeus.


Discovered on 4-11-1981 in Palomar by Helin, E. F., Dunbar, R. S.

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