100122 Alpes Maritimes
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100122 Alpes Maritimes is an asteroid
. It was discovered by Eric Walter Elst
on August 15, 1993. Its provisional designation was 1993 PE7. It was named after Alpes-Maritimes
.
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
. It was discovered by Eric Walter Elst
Eric Walter Elst
Eric Walter Elst is a Belgian astronomer and a prolific discoverer of asteroids, with over 3,000 discovered so far ....
on August 15, 1993. Its provisional designation was 1993 PE7. It was named after Alpes-Maritimes
Alpes-Maritimes
Alpes-Maritimes is a department in the extreme southeast corner of France.- History : was created by Octavian as a Roman military district in 14 BC, and became a full Roman province in the middle of the 1st century with its capital first at Cemenelum and subsequently at Embrun...
.