| 9497 Dwingeloo | Discovered 1973 Sept. 29 by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by T. Gehrels. |
| The Dwingeloo 25-m radio telescope in The Netherlands supported investigations of the 21-cm emission from hydrogen in our Galaxy. Its principal contributions include the discoveries of the 3-kpc arm and the high-velocity-cloud phenomenon, as well as studies of the galactic center. The name was suggested by W. A. Froger. |
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| Reference: 20000523/MPCPages.arc | Last Updated: 2013-03-29 |
