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

[André Knöfel]

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

André