Chephren

(2535 P-L )
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NOW @ 29 LEO 8
FOUND @ 12 ARI 21
 
Inclination: 2.18
Eccentricity: 0.171
Period: 5.537 years
AU 3.13
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

26.9.1960 09:07 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1


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Chephren was a pharaoh of the old Egyptian kingdom. He reigned about 2500 B.C. and built the second largest pyramid near Giza {see planet  (5249)}. He is also known because of his monumental sphinx {see also planet  (896)}. (M 18142) _ _.


Discovered on 26-9-1960 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.

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