Peterthomas

(1989 RB6 )
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NOW @ 21 CAN 14
FOUND @ 26 AQU 34
 
Inclination: 12.123
Eccentricity: 0.207
Period: 7.837 years
AU 3.945
Type: 0008

Discovery Chart

1.9.1989 06:37 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1


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Named in honor of Peter C. Thomas (b. 1946), planetary scientist at Cornell University. Thomas has been a pioneer and leader in developing geodetic methods of determining the precise shapes and spin characteristics of irregularly shaped minor planets from spacecraft images and in geologic studies of minor planets and related small bodies. Name suggested by B. E. Clark and A. W. Harris, citation provided by J. Veverka.


Avastatud: 1-9-1989 Avastamiskoht: Palomar Avastajad: Bowell, E.

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