142084 Jamesdaniel is a main-belt

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 August 29, 2002 by James Whitney Young

James Whitney Young

James Whitney Young is an American astronomer who made significant contributions to the field of asteroid research. After nearly 47 years with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at their Table Mountain Facility, Young retired July 16, 2009....

 at the Table Mountain Observatory

Table Mountain Observatory

Table Mountain Observatory is an astronomical observation facility operated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory...

 near Wrightwood, California

Wrightwood, California

Wrightwood is a census-designated place in San Bernardino County, California. It sits at an elevation of . The population was 4,525 at the 2010 census.-History:...

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Named for the combination of the two first names of James and Daniel, two sons of the discoverer’s friends Bob and Hazel Sealy of Seaside, Oregon. The Sealy family was partly instrumental in the discoverer’s early astronomical career. Bob Sealy founded the Seaside Amateur Astronomers Club and taught astronomy at Clatsop County College in Astoria, Oregon. James Sealy (1951–1978) was killed in a boating accident in 1978 on the ocean near Seaside, Oregon.

External links

• JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 142084 Jamesdaniel