20559 Sheridanlamp
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20559 Sheridanlamp is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on September 9, 1999 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team at Socorro
. It is named after Sheridan Lamp, a teacher at Vernon Middle School in Vernon, Texas
and mentor of a finalist at the 2004 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge
.
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 September 9, 1999 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team at Socorro
Socorro, New Mexico
Socorro is a city in Socorro County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. It stands in the Rio Grande Valley at an elevation of . The population was 9,051 at the 2010 census...
. It is named after Sheridan Lamp, a teacher at Vernon Middle School in Vernon, Texas
Vernon, Texas
Vernon is a city in Wilbarger County, Texas, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 11,660; it was 11,077 in the 2005 census estimate. Vernon is the county seat of Wilbarger County....
and mentor of a finalist at the 2004 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge
Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge
The Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge is an annual science and engineering research and exhibit competition for students in grade 5 through 8 and was created in 1999. It is sponsored primarily by Discovery Communications, Society for Science and the Public, and Elmer's Glue...
.