Krakatau

(6255 P-L )

NOW @ 18 VIR 56

Inclination: 22.402

Eccentricity: 0.069

Period: 2.635 years

AU 1.908

Type: 0006

Discovery Chart

24.9.1960 00:00 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1

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This Hungaria planet is named after the Indonesian island Krakatau that partly collapsed beneath the sea in 1883 during one of the largest volcanic eruptions in historic times.

Discovered on 24-9-1960 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.
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