Tursachan

(1983 VN7 )
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NOW @ 26 LIB 47
FOUND @ 5 TAU 43
 
Inclination: 1.653
Eccentricity: 0.179
Period: 5.423 years
AU 3.087
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

4.11.1983 06:20 Anderson Mesa 111w32 35n5 observations 1


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The name is “Standing Stones” in Gaelic, a term used to refer to the stones placed during neolithic times into groups---often circles---throughout the British Isles. Many of these arrangements exhibit astronomical alignments and may have been used to track the progression of seasons and mark the occurrence of other significant astronomical events. The name was suggested by Alice Cathryne Dennis, a seventh-grade student at The Mountain School in Flagstaff, Arizona, as winner of a contest to name this minor planet in conjunction with the 1997 Flagstaff Festival of Science. Citation prepared by C. B. Luginbuhl.


Discovered on 4-11-1983 in Anderson Mesa by Skiff, B. A.

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