Kasbek

(9593 P-L )

NOW @ 18 TAU 17

Inclination: 6.495

Eccentricity: 0.343

Period: 5.752 years

AU 3.21

Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

17.10.1960 00:00 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1

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This minor planet at the Hecuba Gap is named for the 5050-m-high inactive volcano Kasbek in the Georgian Caucasus, near the Russian border. Name suggested by J. Schubart.

Discovered on 17-10-1960 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.
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