4197 Morfeus, Orimattila, Artjärvi, Tähtikallio

4197 Morpheus (1982 TA) Filmed on a DS weekend Sunday. The Apollo NEO PHA asteroid was discovered by Eugene Shoemaker and Eleanor Helin at the Palomar Mountain Observatory on October 11, 1982. Eleanor Francis "Glo" Helin (Eleanor Kay Helin) is an American astronomer who has found a large number of asteroids (over 900) and several comets. chief scientist at NASA JPL .Eugene Merle Shoemaker (Gene) An American geologist who specialized in planetary geology. He is especially remembered for the Shoemaker – Levy 9 pearl tape comet that collided with Jupiter, the collision of which he predicted. The name 4197 Morpheus is derived from Roman mythology where he is the god of sleep who had a thousand siblings, Morpheus is also the god of dreams who appears in Ovid's "Metamorphoses". He has the ability to imitate any human form and appear in dreams. So and the Matrix.
The orbit is very eccentric (0.5-4.1AU from the sun) and touches the planets Venus and Mars. The size of the asteroid is about 1.8 km, rotation time 3.538h / r, spectrum class SMASSII spectral B .Image1. a sum stack showing fast movement.
2Picture. first picture, measured 23: 03: 15UT 06h43m23.9s + 33d21'35.7 "16.2mag, Horizon 23: 03UT 06h43m23.84s + 33d21'34.5" 15.7mag.
3Picture. last picture, measured 23: 22: 11UT 06h43m32.7s + 33d21'45.3 "16.0mag., Horizon 23: 22UT 06h43m32.6s + 33d21'44.3" 15.7mag. due to device problems, the tripod tracking for the target was not successful, this is needed for these dim objects that are also fast in movement.

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4197 Morfeus - 25.9.2017 at 02.03 - 25.9.2017 at 02.22 Orimattila, Artjärvi, Tähtikallio Observation number 67568