Leavitt

(4293 T-2 )

NOW @ 2 SAG 49

Inclination: 3.28

Eccentricity: 0.091

Period: 4.827 years

AU 2.856

Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

29.9.1973 00:00 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1

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Named in memory of Henriette Swan Leavitt (1868–1921) of the Harvard College Observatory, discoverer of the period-luminosity law for the classical Cepheids. (M 22509) _ _.

Discovered on 29-9-1973 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.
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