3979 Brorsen
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3979 Brorsen is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on November 8, 1983 by Antonín Mrkos
at Klet
.
On proposal of Jana Tichá
, the comet was named Brorsen after the Danish astronomer Theodor Brorsen
on August 8, 1996.
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 8, 1983 by Antonín Mrkos
Antonín Mrkos
Antonín Mrkos was a Czech astronomer, born in Střemchoví, Czechoslovakia.- Biography :Mrkos entered the University in Brno in 1938. His studies were interrupted by the onset of World War II, and in 1945 he became a staff member at the Skalnaté Pleso Observatory in Slovakia...
at Klet
Klet
The Kleť is a mountain located in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, near the town of Český Krumlov. It rises above sea level, and on a clear day affords a view of the Alps to the South....
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On proposal of Jana Tichá
Jana Tichá
Jana Tichá is a Czech astronomer. She studied at the University of Economics in Prague and graduated in 1987. In 1992 she was selected for the position of a director of the Kleť Observatory. She specializes in discoveries of asteroids and comets especially Near-Earth objects...
, the comet was named Brorsen after the Danish astronomer Theodor Brorsen
Theodor Brorsen
Theodor Johan Christian Ambders Brorsen was a Danish astronomer best known for his discovery of five comets, including the lost periodic comet 5D/Brorsen and the periodic comet 23P/Brorsen-Metcalf.- Life :...
on August 8, 1996.