Winkler

(1986 GM )
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NOW @ 3 TAU 37
FOUND @ 8 LIB 14
 
Inclination: 7.465
Eccentricity: 0.129
Period: 4.398 years
AU 2.684
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

9.4.1986 04:42 Anderson Mesa 111w32 35n5 observations 1


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Named in honor of Ron Winkler (1954– ), digital engineer in the radio astronomy and radar group at NASA’s Goldstone {see planet  (4433)} deep space communications complex. Since the mid-1980s, Winkler has been singularly important in Goldstone radar astronomy and especially in observations of near-earth asteroids. His understanding of the interface between data-acquisition, antenna-pointing and transmitting systems is unique. His energy, endurance and mastery of procedures for observing close asteroids, demanding frequent switching between transmit and receive configurations, was critical to the success of the radar imaging of (4179) Toutatis, (1620) Geographos and (6489) Golevka. (M 25655) _ _.


Avastatud: 9-4-1986 Avastamiskoht: Anderson Mesa Avastajad: Bowell, E.

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