10078 Stanthorpe
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10078 Stanthorpe is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on October 30, 1989 by Tsutomu Seki
at Geisei. It is named after the town of Stanthorpe, Queensland
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Asteroid belt
The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets...
asteroid
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...
discovered on October 30, 1989 by Tsutomu Seki
Tsutomu Seki
is a Japanese astronomer, born in Kōchi, Japan.He has discovered a number of comets, including the celebrated bright C/1965 S1 .He has also discovered a large number of asteroids, including the Amor asteroid 1992 JE and the Trojan asteroid .Many of his discoveries are named after famous sites in...
at Geisei. It is named after the town of Stanthorpe, Queensland
Stanthorpe, Queensland
Stanthorpe is a town situated in south east Queensland, Australia. The town lies on the New England Highway near the New South Wales border 223 km from Brisbane via Warwick, 56 km north of Tenterfield and 811 m above sea level. The area surrounding the town is known as the Granite Belt...
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