Peters

(1988 CP4 )

NOW @ 15 TAU 4

Inclination: 21.356

Eccentricity: 0.004

Period: 5.608 years

AU 3.156

Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

13.2.1988 00:00 La Silla 70w44 29s15 observations 1

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Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (1813-1890) was a German-American astronomer and a prolific discoverer of asteroids visually. He discovered 48 asteroids as well as the comet now known as 80P/Peters-Hartley. Name suggested by Michel-Alain Combes.

Discovered on 13-2-1988 in La Silla by Elst, E. W.
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