2221 Chilton
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2221 Chilton is a main-belt
asteroid
. It was discovered on August 25, 1976 at the Harvard College Observatory
. The asteroid was named in honor of Jean Chilton McCrosky, the wife of Harvard-Smithsonian astronomer Richard E. McCrosky.
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...
. It was discovered on August 25, 1976 at the Harvard College Observatory
Harvard College Observatory
The Harvard College Observatory is an institution managing a complex of buildings and multiple instruments used for astronomical research by the Harvard University Department of Astronomy. It is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and was founded in 1839...
. The asteroid was named in honor of Jean Chilton McCrosky, the wife of Harvard-Smithsonian astronomer Richard E. McCrosky.