Richelen

(1988 DM )
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NOW @ 1 CAP 37
Inclination: 7.126
Eccentricity: 0.251
Period: 4.111 years
AU 2.566
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

22.2.1988 00:00 Siding Spring 149.066 -31.2768 observations 1


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Named in honor of Richard A. Keen and Helen C. Duran, friends of the discoverer, on the occasion of their wedding. Richard has been a research meteorologist, more recently turning to writing and popularization of meteorology. His interests in amateur astronomy include visual photometry of comets and studies of the brightness of lunar eclipses. Helen is a nurse specializing in hospice care. (M 15262) _ _.


Discovered on 22-2-1988 in Siding Spring by McNaught, R. H.

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