Mersenne

(1993 OX9 )
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NOW @ 19 AQU 3
FOUND @ 24 CAP 37
 
Inclination: 2.826
Eccentricity: 0.109
Period: 3.407 years
AU 2.264
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

20.7.1993 04:41 La Silla 70w44 29s15 observations 1


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Named for Marin Mersenne (1588-1648), French mathematician and philosopher, best known for his discovery of prime numbers of the form 2n-1 and that n is then necessarily also prime. The number 8191 = 213-1 is the fifth Mersenne prime. Mersenne correctly verified that the numbers are prime also for n = 17, 19 and 31---and that they are not prime for n = 11, 23 and 29. The largest prime Mersenne correctly established was for n = 127. Name proposed by the discoverer, following a suggestion by B. G. Marsden, who wrote the citation.


Avastatud: 20-7-1993 Avastamiskoht: La Silla Avastajad: Elst, E. W.

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