2104 Toronto
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2104 Toronto is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on August 15, 1963 by Karl W. Kamper at the David Dunlap Observatory
on plates taken at the Tautenburg
Observatory by Sidney van den Bergh
. It was the first minor planet
to be discovered at an observatory in Canada and named after the University of Toronto
which was celebrating its sesquicentennial at the time of its discovery and to note the important role that university had in developing Canadian astronomy.
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 15, 1963 by Karl W. Kamper at the David Dunlap Observatory
David Dunlap Observatory
The David Dunlap Observatory is a large astronomical observatory site once owned by the University of Toronto, located just north of the city in Richmond Hill, Ontario within a estate. Its primary instrument is a 74-inch reflector telescope, at one time the second largest telescope in the world,...
on plates taken at the Tautenburg
Tautenburg
Tautenburg, a municipality in the Saale-Holzland district in Thuringia in Germany, houses the Karl Schwarzschild Observatory....
Observatory by Sidney van den Bergh
Sidney van den Bergh
Sidney Van den Bergh, OC, FRS is a retired Canadian astronomer.Born in the Netherlands, son of businessman and politician Sidney James van den Bergh and grandson of Unilever co-founder Samuel van den Bergh, he showed an interest in science from an early age, learning to read with books on astronomy...
. It was the first minor planet
Minor planet
An asteroid group or minor-planet group is a population of minor planets that have a share broadly similar orbits. Members are generally unrelated to each other, unlike in an asteroid family, which often results from the break-up of a single asteroid...
to be discovered at an observatory in Canada and named after the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
which was celebrating its sesquicentennial at the time of its discovery and to note the important role that university had in developing Canadian astronomy.