4151 Alanhale
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4151 Alanhale is a main belt
asteroid
discovered on April 24, 1985 by Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at Palomar
. It is named for astronomer Alan Hale
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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 April 24, 1985 by Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at Palomar
Palomar Observatory
Palomar Observatory is a privately owned observatory located in San Diego County, California, southeast of Pasadena's Mount Wilson Observatory, in the Palomar Mountain Range. At approximately elevation, it is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology...
. It is named for astronomer Alan Hale
Alan Hale (astronomer)
-Biography:Hale was born in Tachikawa, Japan in 1958, but he grew up in Alamogordo, New Mexico. He served in the United States Navy from 1976 to 1983, graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1980. His next job was at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he worked until 1986. While at the JPL, he...
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