691 Lehigh
| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by | Joel Hastings Metcalf |
| Discovery site | Taunton, Massachusetts |
| Discovery date | December 11, 1909 |
| Designations | |
| 1909 JG | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch August 18, 2005 (JDCT 2453600.5) | |
| Aphelion | 3.372 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.663 AU |
| 3.017 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.118 |
| 5.242 a | |
| 158.818° | |
| Inclination | 12.990° |
| 88.374° | |
| 301.531° | |
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691 Lehigh is a minor planet (the earlier term for an asteroid) orbiting the Sun. It is named "Lehigh" after Lehigh University, where its orbit was calculated in the Masters Thesis of Joseph B. Reynolds, following Metcalf's observations.
External links
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets
- Lehigh University – Special Collections – Planet Lehigh: Early Astronomy
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