1916 Boreas
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1916 Boreas is an Amor asteroid
discovered on September 1, 1953 by Sylvain Julien Victor Arend
at the Royal Observatory of Belgium. This asteroid was lost shortly after discovery (see Lost asteroids
) and only rediscovered in 1974 by Richard Eugene McCrosky , G. Schwartz and JH Bulger based on a predicted position by Brian G. Marsden
.
Amor asteroid
The Amor asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after the asteroid 1221 Amor. They approach the orbit of the Earth from beyond, but do not cross it. Most Amors do cross the orbit of Mars...
discovered on September 1, 1953 by Sylvain Julien Victor Arend
Sylvain Julien Victor Arend
Sylvain Julien Victor Arend was a Belgian astronomer born in Robelmont, Luxembourg . His main interest was astrometry.Together with Georges Roland, he discovered the bright comet C/1956 R1...
at the Royal Observatory of Belgium. This asteroid was lost shortly after discovery (see Lost asteroids
Lost asteroids
Lost asteroids or lost planets are asteroids that observers lose track of after discovering. Many early lost asteroids were rediscovered in the 1980s and 1990s, but a number of asteroids and other types of small Solar System bodies continue to be lost...
) and only rediscovered in 1974 by Richard Eugene McCrosky , G. Schwartz and JH Bulger based on a predicted position by Brian G. Marsden
Brian G. Marsden
Brian Geoffrey Marsden was a British astronomer born in Cambridge, England, and educated at The Perse School in Cambridge, New College, Oxford and Yale University. Dr...
.