Yukiniall

(2001 XP16 )
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NOW @ 16 TAU 46
Inclination: 9.513
Eccentricity: 0.159
Period: 3.538 years
AU 2.322
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

10.12.2001 00:00 Uccle 4.35821 50.7986 observations 1


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Yuki and Niall are the children of codiscoverer Henri Boffin who, after postdoctoral studies in Japan and Wales, joined the Royal Observatory at Uccle in 1998. Yuki means snow in Japanese and Niall means chief or champion in Celtic.


Discovered on 10-12-2001 in Uccle by Pauwels, T., Boffin, H. M. J.

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