2815 Soma
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2815 Soma is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on September 15, 1982 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff (AM).
Named for the Soma cube, a three-dimensional mathematical game invented
by the Danish writer Piet Hein and popularized in articles by Martin Gardner.
Name proposed by the discoverer, following a suggestion by J. Meeus.
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 15, 1982 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff (AM).
Named for the Soma cube, a three-dimensional mathematical game invented
by the Danish writer Piet Hein and popularized in articles by Martin Gardner.
Name proposed by the discoverer, following a suggestion by J. Meeus.