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On the discovery of minor planet 3631 = 1987 BV1 = Sigyn
Author(s) -
Elst E.W.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.2113120212
Subject(s) - asteroid , osculating circle , minor planet , physics , astrobiology , orbital elements , planet , astronomy , astrophysics , variation (astronomy) , mathematics , geometry
During an extensive search for new asteroids with the GPO instrument at ESO a rather bright asteroid was discovered on the night of 23/24 February 1987. The orbital elements from the treatment of the initial observations by means of an improved method of the variation of geocentric distances is compared with the osculating elements deduced from all available observations.