Wolfiana

(1916 ZW )
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NOW @ 24 CAN 48
FOUND @ 29 PIS 4
 
Inclination: 3.422
Eccentricity: 0.157
Period: 3.431 years
AU 2.275
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

29.8.1916 22:35 Vienna 16e20 48n14 observations 1


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Named in honor of Max {Franz Josef Cornelius} Wolf (1863–1932), professor of astronomy at the University of Heidelberg and founder and director of the Königstuhl Observatory. Wolf discovered several novae, comets and hundreds of minor planets. The original citation for this planet and  (828) is published in AN 211, 441 (1920): “Den Planeten 827 widme ich meinem Freunde Wolf, dem Begründer der photographischen Entdeckungsmethode Kleiner Planeten; den Planeten 828 widme ich Herrn Lindemann, dem uneigennützigen und großherzigen Förderer astronomischer Forschung.” (H82) _ _.


Avastatud: 29-8-1916 Avastamiskoht: Vienna Avastajad: Palisa, J.

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