3189 Penza
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3189 Penza is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on September 13, 1978 by Nikolai Chernykh at Nauchnyj. It is named after the Russian city of Penza
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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 September 13, 1978 by Nikolai Chernykh at Nauchnyj. It is named after the Russian city of Penza
Penza
-Honors:A minor planet, 3189 Penza, discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1978, is named after the city.-Notable residents:...
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