3123 Dunham
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3123 Dunham is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on August 30, 1981 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff (AM).
Named in honor of David W. Dunham, American astronomer and organizer of
the International Occultation Timing Association. Dunham has played a
cardinal role in collecting and analyzing occultation observations,
particularly those involving asteroids and grazing occultations by the moon.
In addition, he has stimulated many observers to make accurate and useful
timings of occultation phenomena. Name proposed by the discoverer following
suggestions by E. Goffin and P. L. Dombrowski.
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 August 30, 1981 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff (AM).
Named in honor of David W. Dunham, American astronomer and organizer of
the International Occultation Timing Association. Dunham has played a
cardinal role in collecting and analyzing occultation observations,
particularly those involving asteroids and grazing occultations by the moon.
In addition, he has stimulated many observers to make accurate and useful
timings of occultation phenomena. Name proposed by the discoverer following
suggestions by E. Goffin and P. L. Dombrowski.