Sprattia

(1987 UU2 )
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NOW @ 10 PIS 41
FOUND @ 19 ARI 16
 
Inclination: 1.276
Eccentricity: 0.124
Period: 3.35 years
AU 2.239
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

20.10.1987 07:24 Victoria 24e45 59n26 observations 1


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Named in honor of Christopher E. Spratt, an active amateur member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada for 20 years, with special interests in comets, minor planets, meteors and variable stars. He has written numerous articles on these subjects, including some on Canadian meteorites, in the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, and he has been of much practical help to the astrometric program carried out at the University of Victoria. Spratt maintains a carefully-chosen representative collection of meteorites and was coordinator for the northwest North American section of the Amateur Observation Network of the International Halley Watch. He has contributed more than 32,000 observations of long-period and semiregular variable stars and dwarf novae to the American Association of Variable Star Observers and in 1976 was the most prolific observer of that year. The Chant Medal of the Royal Astronomical... _ _.


Avastatud: 20-10-1987 Avastamiskoht: Victoria Avastajad: Balam, D. D.

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