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The Minor Planet Observer
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Palmer Divide Observatory

886 Washingtonia

MPO Home Period (h): 9.002 ± 0.005
Lightcurves Amplitude (mag): 0.12 ± 0.02
Date Range (mm/dd): 2003   01/08 - 01/10
Data Points: 310
Equipment: 0.30 SCT, ST-9E
Discovered: Nov. 16, 1917   G.H. Peters at Washington. 
Previous Designations:
Family/Group: Main Belt
Taxonomic Class: C
H (absolute mag): 8.7
Diameter (km) / albedo: 90.56 / 0.0713
SM Axis (AU): 3.1801
Inclination (deg): 16.8324
Eccentricity: 0.2632
Published: Minor Planet Bul. 30, 61-64
NOTES: M. Harwood discovered it 4 days earlier but it was not considered appropriate for a woman to discover an asteroid (Schmadel)

 

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