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Discovered 1960 Sept. 24 by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by T. Gehrels.
David Gill (1843-1914) was a British astronomer and instrument designer who directed the observatory at the Cape of Good Hope and carried out all the observations to measure distances to the stars in terms of the standard meter.
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