384 Burdigala
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384 Burdigala is a typical Main belt
asteroid
.
It was discovered by F. Courty
on February 11, 1894 in Bordeaux
. It was the first of his two asteroid discoveries. The other was 387 Aquitania
. Burdigala is the Latin
name of the city of Bordeaux
.
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...
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It was discovered by F. Courty
F. Courty
F. Courty was a French astronomer.He joined Bordeaux Observatory when it was founded in 1880 by Georges Rayet and worked as an assistant astronomer; he discovered two asteroids there. He also made meteorological observations....
on February 11, 1894 in Bordeaux
Bordeaux
Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...
. It was the first of his two asteroid discoveries. The other was 387 Aquitania
387 Aquitania
387 Aquitania is a fairly large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.It was discovered by F. Courty on March 5, 1894, in Bordeaux. It was second of his two asteroid discoveries. The first was 384 Burdigala.-External links:...
. Burdigala is the Latin
Latin
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name of the city of Bordeaux
Bordeaux
Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...
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