The Palomar–Leiden survey (PLS) was a successful astronomical survey to study faint minor planets in a collaboration between the U.S Palomar Observatory...
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Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (category Academic staff of Leiden University)
numbered minor planets). In the Palomar–Leiden survey, Gehrels took the images using the 48-inch Schmidt telescope at Palomar Observatory and shipped the...
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2934 Aristophanes (category Discoveries by the Palomar–Leiden survey)
approximately 22 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered during the Palomar–Leiden survey in 1960, and later named after ancient Greek dramatist Aristophanes...
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39382 Opportunity (category Discoveries by the Palomar–Leiden survey)
approximately 7.5 kilometers in diameter. Discovered during the Palomar–Leiden survey at Palomar Observatory in 1960, it was named for NASA's Opportunity Mars...
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37452 Spirit (category Discoveries by the Palomar–Leiden survey)
identifications were made. The survey designation "P-L" stands for Palomar–Leiden, named after Palomar Observatory and Leiden Observatory, which collaborated...
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Provisional designation in astronomy (redirect from Survey designation)
in the survey) followed by a space and one of the following identifiers: P-L Palomar–Leiden survey (1960–1970) T-1 Palomar–Leiden Trojan survey (1971)...
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1873 Agenor (section Palomar–Leiden survey)
kilometers (33 miles) in diameter. It was discovered during the Palomar–Leiden Trojan survey in 1971, and later named after Agenor from Greek mythology. The...
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Cornelis Johannes van Houten (category Leiden University alumni)
made them their lives' dedication in the Yerkes-McDonald Survey and the Palomar-Leiden surveys . The van Houtens did not just do most of the work, but...
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5012 Eurymedon (category Discoveries by the Palomar–Leiden survey)
kilometers (23 miles) in diameter. It was discovered during the Palomar–Leiden survey at the Palomar Observatory in 1960. The carbonaceous C-type asteroid has...
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1868 Thersites (category Discoveries by the Palomar–Leiden survey)
70 kilometers (43 miles) in diameter. Discovered during the Palomar–Leiden survey at Palomar in 1960, it was later named after the warrior Thersites from...
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30705 Idaios (category Discoveries by the Palomar–Leiden Trojan-3 survey)
miles) in diameter. It was discovered during the third Palomar–Leiden Trojan survey at the Palomar Observatory in California in 1977. The dark D-type asteroid...
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4722 Agelaos (category Discoveries by the Palomar–Leiden Trojan-3 survey)
miles) in diameter. It was discovered during the third Palomar–Leiden Trojan survey at the Palomar Observatory in California in 1977. The Jovian asteroid...
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5756 Wassenbergh (category Discoveries by the Palomar–Leiden survey)
discovery observation at Palomar in 1960. The survey designation "P-L" stands for "Palomar–Leiden", named after Palomar and Leiden observatories, which collaborated...
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2436 Hatshepsut (category Discoveries by the Palomar–Leiden survey)
its axis every 9 hours. The survey designation "P-L" stands for Palomar–Leiden, named after Palomar Observatory and Leiden Observatory, which collaborated...
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4587 Rees (category Discoveries by the Palomar–Leiden Trojan-2 survey)
during the second Palomar–Leiden Trojan survey on 30 September 1973, by Dutch astronomer couple Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden, and Tom Gehrels...
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1743 Schmidt (category Discoveries by the Palomar–Leiden survey)
was discovered during the Palomar–Leiden survey on 24 September 1960, by astronomers Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden, on photographic plates taken...
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1923 Osiris (category Discoveries by the Palomar–Leiden survey)
stands for Palomar–Leiden, named after Palomar Observatory and Leiden Observatory, which collaborated on the fruitful Palomar–Leiden survey in the 1960s...
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5655 Barney (category Discoveries by the Palomar–Leiden Trojan-2 survey)
kilometers (4 miles) in diameter. It was discovered during the second Palomar–Leiden Trojan survey in 1973, and named for American astronomer Ida Barney in 1994...
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1810 Epimetheus (category Discoveries by the Palomar–Leiden survey)
Houten, and Dutch–American astronomer Tom Gehrels during the Palomar–Leiden survey at Palomar Observatory in California, United States. It was later named...
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1965 van de Kamp (category Discoveries by the Palomar–Leiden survey)
discovery observation. The survey designation "P-L" stands for Palomar–Leiden, named after Palomar Observatory and Leiden Observatory, which collaborated...
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9694 Lycomedes (category Discoveries by the Palomar–Leiden survey)
kilometers (20 miles) in diameter. It was discovered during the Palomar–Leiden survey at the Palomar Observatory in 1960 and later named after Lycomedes from...
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4354 Euclides (category Discoveries by the Palomar–Leiden survey)
after Palomar Observatory and Leiden Observatory, which collaborated on the fruitful Palomar–Leiden survey in the 1960s. Gehrels used Palomar's Samuel...
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9142 Rhesus (category Discoveries by the Palomar–Leiden Trojan-3 survey)
kilometers (26 miles) in diameter. It was discovered during the third Palomar–Leiden Trojan survey in 1977, and later named after King Rhesus from Greek mythology...
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1912 Anubis (category Discoveries by the Palomar–Leiden survey)
Ancient Egyptian deities. The survey designation "P-L" stands for Palomar–Leiden, named after Palomar Observatory and Leiden Observatory, which collaborated...
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5148 Giordano (category Discoveries by the Palomar–Leiden survey)
absolute magnitude of 14.45. The survey designation "P-L" stands for Palomar–Leiden, named after Palomar Observatory and Leiden Observatory, which collaborated...
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1924 Horus (category Discoveries by the Palomar–Leiden survey)
approximately 12 kilometers in diameter. Discovered during the Palomar–Leiden survey in 1960, it was later named after Horus from Egyptian mythology...
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5011 Ptah (category Discoveries by the Palomar–Leiden survey)
of the Apollo group. It was discovered by astronomers with the Palomar–Leiden survey on 24 September 1960. The rare O-type asteroid on an eccentric orbit...
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4065 Meinel (category Discoveries by the Palomar–Leiden survey)
The survey designation "P-L" stands for Palomar–Leiden, named after Palomar and Leiden Observatory, which collaborated on the fruitful Palomar–Leiden survey...
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12621 Alsufi (category Discoveries by the Palomar–Leiden survey)
kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by astronomers during the Palomar–Leiden survey in 1960, and named for medieval Persian astronomer Abd al-Rahman...
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1776 Kuiper (category Discoveries by the Palomar–Leiden survey)
The survey designation "P-L" stands for Palomar–Leiden, named after Palomar and Leiden Observatory, which collaborated on the fruitful Palomar–Leiden survey...
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