3697 Guyhurst
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3697 Guyhurst is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on March 6, 1984 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff (AM).
Named in honor of Guy M. Hurst, editor of the British amateur astronomical
journal "The Astronomer" since 1975. An enthusiastic visual observer
of comets and variable stars himself, he is in contact with an enormous
network of other observers all over western Europe, and his frequent
assistance in thereby securing verifications of reports for the IAU Central
Telegram Bureau is greatly appreciated. Name suggested by R. H. McNaught
and B. G. Marsden, the citation being prepared by the latter.
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...
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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...
discovered on March 6, 1984 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff (AM).
Named in honor of Guy M. Hurst, editor of the British amateur astronomical
journal "The Astronomer" since 1975. An enthusiastic visual observer
of comets and variable stars himself, he is in contact with an enormous
network of other observers all over western Europe, and his frequent
assistance in thereby securing verifications of reports for the IAU Central
Telegram Bureau is greatly appreciated. Name suggested by R. H. McNaught
and B. G. Marsden, the citation being prepared by the latter.