10099 Glazebrook
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10099 Glazebrook is an outer main-belt asteroid
discovered on November 4, 1991 by the Spacewatch
project at Kitt Peak
. It was named after Anglo-Australian astronomer Karl Glazebrook
.
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 November 4, 1991 by the Spacewatch
Spacewatch
Spacewatch is a project at the University of Arizona led by Robert S. McMillan that specializes in the study of minor planets, including various types of asteroids and comets...
project at Kitt Peak
Kitt Peak
Kitt Peak is a mountain in the U.S. state of Arizona. It is the location of the Kitt Peak National Observatory. The radio telescope at the Observatory is one of ten dishes comprising the Very Long Baseline Array ....
. It was named after Anglo-Australian astronomer Karl Glazebrook
Karl Glazebrook
Karl Glazebrook, an Anglo-Australian astronomer, is known for his work on galaxy formation, for playing a key role in developing the nod and shuffle technique for doing spectroscopy with large telescopes, and for originating the Perl Data Language...
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