Inclination: 9.234
Eccentricity: 0.172
Period: 4.703 years
AU 2.807
Type: 0000
Discovery Chart
24.9.1960 00:00 Palomar -116.86 33.3573 observations 1 << prev in category - Western Family Names - next in category >>
Dutch solar physicist Jacob Houtgast (1908–1982) was associate professor at University of Utrecht, known for his much-quoted 1942 paper on noncoherent scattering of light in Fraunhofer lines. Famous as a scientific eclipse observer, he chaired the IAU’s subcommittee for solar eclipses. (M 41569) _ _.
Discovered on 24-9-1960 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. | ||
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