1179 Mally
1179 Mally is an asteroid that was discovered by Max Wolf on March 19, 1931, and given the provisional designation 1931 FD.[1] It was named after the discoverer's daughter-in-law. It became a lost asteroid for 55 years after its initial discovery. In 1986, Mally was rediscovered by Lutz D. Schmadel, Richard Martin West and Hans-Emil Schuster, who remeasured the original discovery plates and computed alternative search ephemerides. This allowed them to find the body very near to its predicted position. In addition, historic photographic plates from the Palomar Sky Survey (1956–1958), the UK Schmidt Telescope (Australia), and the ESO Schmidt Telescope (Chile) confirmed the rediscovery.[4][5][6]
References
- 1 2 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Retrieved December 13, 2008.
- ↑ "(1179) Mally". AstDyS. Italy: University of Pisa. Retrieved December 13, 2008.
- 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1179 Mally (1931 FD)" (2015-03-24 last obs). Retrieved September 2015.
- ↑ Brian G. Marsden (December 5, 1986). "International Astronomical Union Circular 4278". Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
- ↑ "Long Lost Planet Found Again" (Press release). Garching, Germany: European Southern Observatory. December 4, 1986. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
- ↑ Schmadel, L. D.; West, R. M. (1988). "Recovery of the long lost minor planet (1179) Mally". Astronomische Nachrichten (Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, and ESO) 309 (3): 223–225. Bibcode:1988AN....309..223S. doi:10.1002/asna.2113090318. ISSN 0004-6337. Retrieved September 2015.
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