Alsufi

(6585 P-L )
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NOW @ 18 LIB 19
FOUND @ 29 PIS 24
 
Inclination: 2.434
Eccentricity: 0.127
Period: 5.486 years
AU 3.11
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

24.9.1960 08:24 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1


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The Persian astronomer Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (Azophi; 903-986) worked in Isfahan. His influential star atlas, completed around 964 and based on both Ptolemy's Almagest and pre-Islamic star lore, contains the earliest description of the Andromeda Galaxy, M 31.


Avastatud: 24-9-1960 Avastamiskoht: Palomar Avastajad: van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.

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