2975 Spahr
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2975 Spahr is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on January 8, 1970 by H. Potter and A. Lokalov at Cerro El Roble
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It is named after Timothy B. Spahr
, director of the Minor Planet Center
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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 January 8, 1970 by H. Potter and A. Lokalov at Cerro El Roble
Cerro El Roble
Cerro El Roble is a mountain in central Chile. Much of the land area associated with this mountain was incorporated into the La Campana National Park in the late 1990s. An astronomical observatory is located at the top of this mountain.-Bibliography:...
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It is named after Timothy B. Spahr
Timothy B. Spahr
Timothy B. Spahr is an American astronomer.He works at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics as director of the Minor Planet Center, has discovered numerous asteroids and is credited as a co-discoverer of one satellite of Jupiter and one of Saturn .He also discovered two periodic comets...
, director of the Minor Planet Center
Minor Planet Center
The Minor Planet Center operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory , which is part of the Center for Astrophysics along with the Harvard College Observatory ....
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