17459 Andreashofer
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17459 Andreashofer is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on October 13, 1990 by F. Borngen and L. D. Schmadel at Tautenburg
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The name becomes from the tyrolean hero Andreas Hofer
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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 13, 1990 by F. Borngen and L. D. Schmadel at Tautenburg
Tautenburg
Tautenburg, a municipality in the Saale-Holzland district in Thuringia in Germany, houses the Karl Schwarzschild Observatory....
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The name becomes from the tyrolean hero Andreas Hofer
Andreas Hofer
Andreas Hofer was a Tirolean innkeeper and patriot. He was the leader of a rebellion against Napoleon's forces....
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