112797 Grantjudy
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112797 Grantjudy is an Main Belt
asteroid
. It was discovered by Andrew Lowe
on August 9, 2002. Its provisional name was . It was named after Grant R. J. Harding and Judy L. Harding, brother-in-law and sister-in-law of the discoverer.
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...
. It was discovered by Andrew Lowe
Andrew Lowe
Andrew Lowe is a Canadian geophysicist and amateur astronomer. He has discovered a number of asteroids.With the discovery of the asteroid 2010 AX2 on January 7, 2010, he became one of only six individual observers worldwide with discoveries spanning five or more consecutive decades...
on August 9, 2002. Its provisional name was . It was named after Grant R. J. Harding and Judy L. Harding, brother-in-law and sister-in-law of the discoverer.