22278 Protitch
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22278 Protitch is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on September 2, 1983 by H. Debehogne at the European Southern Observatory
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It was named after Milorad B. Protić
, Serbian astronomer.
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 2, 1983 by H. Debehogne at the European Southern Observatory
European Southern Observatory
The European Southern Observatory is an intergovernmental research organisation for astronomy, supported by fifteen countries...
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It was named after Milorad B. Protić
Milorad B. Protic
Milorad B. Protić was a Serbian astronomer.He has discovered a handful of asteroids. 1675 Simonida is named after queen Simonida, wife of medieval Serbian king Stefan Milutin; 2348 Michkovitch is named after Vojislav V...
, Serbian astronomer.