Xanthus

(1989 FB )
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NOW @ 15 LEO 2
FOUND @ 18 LIB 32
 
Inclination: 14.145
Eccentricity: 0.25
Period: 1.064 years
AU 1.042
Type: 1803

Discovery Chart

31.3.1989 10:20 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1


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This is another Greek name for Apollo {see planet  (1862)} meaning the ‘Fair’; as such, Xanthus delighted in high places, such as the peaks of high mountains and wavelapped promontaries in the seas. (M 18459) _ _.


Discovered on 31-3-1989 in Palomar by Holt, H. E., Thomas, N. G.

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