24626 Astrowizard
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24626 Astrowizard is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on October 9, 1980 by C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory
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Name honors David V. Rodrigues (b. 1952) for educational outreach on astronomy to the public and school children, particularly by his wearing of a wizard outfit. Rodrigues is an astronomical lecturer at the Morrison Planetarium at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. He also serves as the program director of the East Bay Astronomical Society which meets at the Chabot Space & Science Center (Chabot Observatory).
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 October 9, 1980 by C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory
Palomar Observatory
Palomar Observatory is a privately owned observatory located in San Diego County, California, southeast of Pasadena's Mount Wilson Observatory, in the Palomar Mountain Range. At approximately elevation, it is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology...
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Name honors David V. Rodrigues (b. 1952) for educational outreach on astronomy to the public and school children, particularly by his wearing of a wizard outfit. Rodrigues is an astronomical lecturer at the Morrison Planetarium at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. He also serves as the program director of the East Bay Astronomical Society which meets at the Chabot Space & Science Center (Chabot Observatory).