Lassell

(1982 DZ )

NOW @ 23 CAP 50

Inclination: 10.471

Eccentricity: 0.079

Period: 5.203 years

AU 3.003

Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

20.2.1982 00:00 Anderson Mesa 111w32 35n5 observations 1

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Named for William Lassell (1799–1880), discoverer of Neptune’s satellite Triton and Uranus’ satellites Ariel and Umbriel and an independent discoverer of Saturn’s satellite Hyperion. A brewer by trade, he also found some 600 nebulae. (M 9768) _ _.

Discovered on 20-2-1982 in Anderson Mesa by Bowell, E.
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