Porter

(1950 BH )
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NOW @ 5 SCO 29
FOUND @ 2 VIR 14
 
Inclination: 4.436
Eccentricity: 0.127
Period: 3.34 years
AU 2.234
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

23.1.1950 23:52 Heidelberg 8e43 49n24 observations 1


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Named for the U.S. astronomer Jermain Gildersleeve Porter (1852–1933), Director of the Cincinnati Observatory from 1884 to 1930 and well known for his work on star positions. Also named for John Guy Porter (1900–1981), for many years principal scientific officer at H.M. Nautical Almanac Office, Director of the Computing Section of the British Astronomical Association, and well-known popularizer of astronomy. Both J. G. Porters have contributed extensively to the astronomy of comets and minor planets, the first one as an observer, the second as a computer and a compiler of a catalogue of cometary orbits. (M 3932) _ _.


Avastatud: 23-1-1950 Avastamiskoht: Heidelberg Avastajad: Reinmuth, K.

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