Wichmann

(1953 GH )

NOW @ 5 LEO 17

Inclination: 10.172

Eccentricity: 0.077

Period: 5.237 years

AU 3.016

Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

7.4.1953 00:00 Heidelberg 8e43 49n24 observations 2

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Moritz Ludwig Georg Wichmann (1821-1859) was an ardent observer of minor planets. A student of Bessel, he observed with the famous Königsberg heliometer. In 1853 he published a determination of the parallax of Groombridge 1830. The name was suggested by L. D. Schmadel.

Discovered on 7-4-1953 in Heidelberg by Reinmuth, K.
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