[meteorite-list] Richard Norton memorial now in the sky

From: André Knöfel <aknoefel_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 21:28:00 +0200 (MEST)
Message-ID: <200908081928.n78JS0WY028342_at_post.webmailer.de>

Richard Norton has now a memorial in the sky: the minor planet 163800 has the official name 'Richardnorton'


Citation for (163800)
The following citation is from Minor Planet Circular 66728:

(163800) Richardnorton = 2003 QS69
     O. Richard Norton (1937-2009) authored many popular books and articles
about meteorites. He worked at several planetaria in the U.S.A. and designed
the first 35-mm fish-eye planetarium motion-picture system.


(163800) Richardnorton

Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC
M 109.44328 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.23636745 Peri. 103.27990 +0.78136992 -0.58632929 T = 2454537.47822 JDT
a 2.5906631 Node 293.02690 +0.44379434 +0.76283353 q = 2.0625761
e 0.2038424 Incl. 13.42841 +0.43875691 +0.27258572
P 4.17 H 15.5 G 0.15 U 2
>From 105 observations at 4 oppositions, 1999-2007, mean residual 0".54.

Last observed on 2009 Jan. 26.

Discovery date : 2003 08 26
Discovery site : Drebach
Discoverer(s) : Knofel, A.


Regards

Andr?
Received on Sat 08 Aug 2009 03:28:00 PM PDT