Jewitt

(1981 OH )
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NOW @ 13 PIS 45
FOUND @ 28 AQU 4
 
Inclination: 14.874
Eccentricity: 0.233
Period: 3.55 years
AU 2.327
Type: 0007

Discovery Chart

26.7.1981 07:50 Anderson Mesa 111w32 35n5 observations 1


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Named in honor of David Jewitt (1958– ) of the Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii. The consummate astronomer, Jewitt has been devoted to astronomy from a very early age. He has made several important contributions to planetary astronomy, starting with his discovery of the Jovian satellite Adrastea from Voyager data in 1979. He was co-recoverer of comet 1P/Halley in 1982. Jewitt is perhaps best known for co-discovering the first body in the Kuiper {see planet  (1776)} Belt in 1992, thus providing that accretion occurs beyond the planetary region. Jewitt’s main area of research is comets, but his wide-ranging interests have also produced work on planetary rings, minor planets, Pluto and circumstellar disks. (M 27462) _ _.


Avastatud: 26-7-1981 Avastamiskoht: Anderson Mesa Avastajad: Bowell, E.

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