Whitford

(1965 WJ )
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NOW @ 8 SAG 52
FOUND @ 12 GEM 51
 
Inclination: 11.649
Eccentricity: 0.218
Period: 5.641 years
AU 3.169
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

20.11.1965 06:28 Brooklyn 24e45 59n26 observations 1


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Named in honor of Albert E. Whitford {1905–2002}, director of the Washburn Observatory (1945–1958), director of the Lick Observatory (1958–1968), and a past president of the American Astronomical Society. As a pioneer in photoelectric photometry he developed, in collaboration with Stebbins {see planet  (2300)}, the first precise multicolor photometric system. He made major contributions in both galactic and extragalactic research. His studies of the wavelength dependence of interstellar extinction are fundamental to the understanding of interstellar particles, and the standard galactic extinction curve is referred to as the Whitford curve. (M 8403) _ _.


Avastatud: 20-11-1965 Avastamiskoht: Brooklyn Avastajad: Indiana University

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