3064 Zimmer
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3064 Zimmer is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on January 28, 1984 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff (AM). It was named by its discover, at the suggestion of E. Goffin, after Louis Zimmer
, the noted Belgian clockmaker and astronomer.
Asteroid belt
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asteroid
Asteroid
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discovered on January 28, 1984 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff (AM). It was named by its discover, at the suggestion of E. Goffin, after Louis Zimmer
Louis Zimmer
Louis Zimmer was an astronomer and clockmaker to the King of Belgium. Most notably in 1930 he built the Jubilee Clock, which is displayed on the front of the Zimmer tower. The Zimmer tower is a tower in Lier, Belgium, also known as the Cornelius tower, that was originally a keep of Lier's...
, the noted Belgian clockmaker and astronomer.