2844 Hess
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2844 Hess is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on May 3, 1981 by Bowell, E. at the Anderson Mesa Station of Flagstaff (AM). It is named for Frederick Hess, Professor of Natural Sciences at the New York State Maritime College in Fort Schuyler, The Bronx
, New York. In addition to teaching, he was in charge of the school's small planetarium
, and was a frequent, long time lecturer at the Hayden Planetarium.
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 May 3, 1981 by Bowell, E. at the Anderson Mesa Station of Flagstaff (AM). It is named for Frederick Hess, Professor of Natural Sciences at the New York State Maritime College in Fort Schuyler, The Bronx
The Bronx
The Bronx is the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City. It is also known as Bronx County, the last of the 62 counties of New York State to be incorporated...
, New York. In addition to teaching, he was in charge of the school's small planetarium
Planetarium
A planetarium is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation...
, and was a frequent, long time lecturer at the Hayden Planetarium.