Nicandra

(1999 RL156 )
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NOW @ 16 SAG 11
FOUND @ 14 PIS 47
 
Inclination: 3.605
Eccentricity: 0.244
Period: 4.279 years
AU 2.636
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

9.9.1999 08:16 Socorro 107W11 33N59 observations 1


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Named for a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family containing the single species Nicandra physalodes. While the genus is named for Greek poet Nicander, it is known by the common names “apple-of-Peru” and “shoo-fly plant.” Its flowers are bell-shaped, pale violet with white throats.


Discovered on 9-9-1999 in Socorro by LINEAR

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