3672 Stevedberg
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3672 Stevedberg is a main belt asteroid
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Minor planet
3672 Stevedberg (1985 QQ) was named in honor of Stephen J. Edberg
in 1987 for his long commitment in bringing amateur and professional astronomers together. The citation was prepared by David H. Levy
at the request of the discoverer Edward Bowell of Lowell Observatory
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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...
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Minor planet
Minor planet
An asteroid group or minor-planet group is a population of minor planets that have a share broadly similar orbits. Members are generally unrelated to each other, unlike in an asteroid family, which often results from the break-up of a single asteroid...
3672 Stevedberg (1985 QQ) was named in honor of Stephen J. Edberg
Stephen J. Edberg
Stephen J. Edberg is a scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He is perhaps best known for creating collaborative efforts between amateur and professional astronomers...
in 1987 for his long commitment in bringing amateur and professional astronomers together. The citation was prepared by David H. Levy
David H. Levy
David H. Levy is a Canadian astronomer and science writer most famous for his co-discovery in 1993 of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, which collided with the planet Jupiter in 1994.-Biography:...
at the request of the discoverer Edward Bowell of Lowell Observatory
Lowell Observatory
Lowell Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. Lowell Observatory was established in 1894, placing it among the oldest observatories in the United States, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965....
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