31338 Lipperhey
Encyclopedia
31338 Lipperhey is a main belt asteroid
with an orbital period
of 2896.1771186 days (7.93 years). It was discovered on April 25, 1998 by Eric W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory
in La Silla, Chile
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The asteroid is named after Hans Lipperhey, a 17th century Dutch spectacle maker who was a pioneering maker of telescope
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Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
with an orbital period
Orbital period
The orbital period is the time taken for a given object to make one complete orbit about another object.When mentioned without further qualification in astronomy this refers to the sidereal period of an astronomical object, which is calculated with respect to the stars.There are several kinds of...
of 2896.1771186 days (7.93 years). It was discovered on April 25, 1998 by Eric W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory
European Southern Observatory
The European Southern Observatory is an intergovernmental research organisation for astronomy, supported by fifteen countries...
in La Silla, Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
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The asteroid is named after Hans Lipperhey, a 17th century Dutch spectacle maker who was a pioneering maker of telescope
Telescope
A telescope is an instrument that aids in the observation of remote objects by collecting electromagnetic radiation . The first known practical telescopes were invented in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 1600s , using glass lenses...
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