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[vsnet-chat 318] Re: on the discovery of T Boo
- Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 21:38:54 -0700
- To: tkato@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
- From: bas@lowell.Lowell.Edu (Brian Skiff)
- Subject: [vsnet-chat 318] Re: on the discovery of T Boo
- Cc: vsnet-chat@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
- Sender: owner-vsnet-chat@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
In re the name assignments for T Boo, T Ser, and S Del: it was common
for observers to assign the letter themselves upon publication until things
started getting confused in the 1890s. A similar sort of thing happened
with asteroids at the same time.
\Brian
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