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

[André Knöfel]

Hello Mike,

at present the magnitude of (163800) Richardnorton is 21.4mag - very faint... In the next opposition the magnitude reach only 20.1mag but in 2011 (end of July) the brightness will be around +18.5mag.

Regards

André


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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Richard Norton memorial now in the sky
Sent: Sat, 08 Aug 2009
From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks<meteoritemike at gmail.com>

> Hi Andre,
> 
> Thanks for sharing this.  It is a fitting tribute. :)
> 
> What is the mean visual magnitude of this object?  Can it be seen with
> an amateur instrument?
> 
> Best regards and clear skies,
> 
> MikeG
> 
> On 8/8/09, André Knöfel <aknoefel at minorplanets.de> wrote:
> > 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
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