3173 McNaught
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3173 McNaught is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on November 24, 1981 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff (AM).
Named in honor of Robert H. McNaught
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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 November 24, 1981 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff (AM).
Named in honor of Robert H. McNaught
Robert H. McNaught
Robert H. McNaught is a Scottish-Australian astronomer at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Australian National University. He has collaborated with David J. Asher of the Armagh Observatory....
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