Inclination: 5.813
Eccentricity: 0.131
Period: 3.397 years
AU 2.26
Type: 0000
Discovery Chart
7.4.1953 00:00 Heidelberg 8.7216 49.3986 observations 1 << prev in category - Full Names - next in category >>
John Pond (1767-1836), sixth Astronomer Royal, is famous for the introduction of then-modern transit instruments at Greenwich Observatory and for publishing a high-precision star catalogue. Pond received the Copley Medal of the Royal Society. The name was suggested by L. D. Schmadel.
Discovered on 7-4-1953 in Heidelberg by Reinmuth, K. | ||
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