29427 Oswaldthomas
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29427 Oswaldthomas is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on March 7, 1997 by E. Meyer at Linz
. It was named after Oswald Thomas
, a significant popularizer of astronomy, in 2004.
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 March 7, 1997 by E. Meyer at Linz
Linz
Linz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is , and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about...
. It was named after Oswald Thomas
Oswald Thomas
Oswald Thomas , was a German astronomer and a protagonist of the popularization of astronomy in Germany and Austria.-Career:...
, a significant popularizer of astronomy, in 2004.