Lampland

(1962 RJ )
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NOW @ 20 ARI 38
Inclination: 9.827
Eccentricity: 0.097
Period: 5.253 years
AU 3.022
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

7.9.1962 00:00 Brooklyn 138.55 -34.9261 observations 1


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Named in honor of C. O. Lampland {1873–1951}, a graduate of Indiana University in 1902. His best known work was the radiometric measurement of planetary temperatures in collaboration with W. W. Coblentz, and the long photographic history of the changes in NGC 2261 (Hubble’s variable nebula). (M 3144) _ _.


Discovered on 7-9-1962 in Brooklyn by Indiana University

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