- 27711 Kirschvink
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name = Kirschvink
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discovery = yes
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discoverer =C. S. Shoemaker andE. M. Shoemaker
discovery_site = Palomar
discovered =November 4 ,1988
designations = yes
mp_name = 27711
alt_names = 1988 VT4
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orbit_ref =
epoch =May 14 ,2008
aphelion = 2.8305570
perihelion = 1.7532344
semimajor =
eccentricity = 0.2350287
period = 1267.3328895
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inclination = 23.48548
asc_node = 226.89809
mean_anomaly = 254.47081
arg_peri = 120.31974
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abs_magnitude = 14.427711 Kirschvink (1988 VT4) is a
Main-belt Asteroid discovered onNovember 4 ,1988 byC. S. Shoemaker andE. M. Shoemaker at Palomar. It is named afterCalifornia Institute of Technology professorJoseph L. Kirschvink , who was a student ofE. M. Shoemaker as an undergraduate.External links
* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=27711+Kirschvink JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 27711 Kirschvink]
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