Komoda

(1994 JL )
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NOW @ 9 LEO 36
FOUND @ 17 SCO 26
 
Inclination: 6.67
Eccentricity: 0.189
Period: 3.394 years
AU 2.258
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

6.5.1994 14:12 Kitami 143e47 43n46 observations 1


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Named in memory of Kazuyoshi Komoda (1915-1967), amateur astronomer in Japan. Though handicapped by poliomyelitis, he enthusiastically observed Jupiter from 1944 to 1961. Name proposed by the discoverers following a suggestion by T. Sato, I. Hirabayashi and A. Fujii.


Discovered on 6-5-1994 in Kitami by Endate, K., Watanabe, K.

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