Kuniko

(1992 SX12 )
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NOW @ 11 VIR 6
FOUND @ 17 ARI 50
 
Inclination: 3.522
Eccentricity: 0.154
Period: 3.337 years
AU 2.233
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

28.9.1992 11:30 Kitami 143e47 43n46 observations 1


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Named in honor of Kuniko Fujita (1923-1992), née Sofue, amateur astronomer and poet. She became interested in astronomy at an early age and made an important discovery---a nova, later named CP Pup---when she was a 19-year-old schoolgirl; she was awarded a prize from the Japan Astronomical Society as the first discoverer. She became a member of the Kawasaki Astronomical Club in 1972, and she visited Australia and New Zealand in 1986 to observe comet 1P/Halley. She joined expeditions to the Okinawa annular eclipse in 1986 and to the total eclipse in Mexico in 1991. A talented poet and calligrapher, she published a book of poetry, Hoshinagisa. Named by the discoverer following suggestions by S. Morikubo and T. Minowa.


Avastatud: 28-9-1992 Avastamiskoht: Kitami Avastajad: Endate, K., Watanabe, K.

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