Columbianus

(6571 P-L )
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NOW @ 15 LIB 30
FOUND @ 27 PIS 14
 
Inclination: 3.127
Eccentricity: 0.239
Period: 5.149 years
AU 2.982
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

24.9.1960 08:24 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1


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Named for Cygnus columbianus, also called Cygnus bewickii, or Bewick’s swan. {It belongs to the family of the Anatidae. Bewick’s Swan comes from Northern Russia and stays along the North Sea in winter. In 1994 only 3,000 pairs of Cygnus columbianus were counted.} (M 33790; M 34089) _ _.


Discovered on 24-9-1960 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.

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