4221 Picasso
Encyclopedia
4221 Picasso is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on March 13, 1988 by Jeff T. Alu
at Palomar
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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 March 13, 1988 by Jeff T. Alu
Jeff T. Alu
Jeffrey Thomas Alu is an American musician, photographer, graphic artist, and amateur astronomer.He has discovered numerous asteroids. He also co-discovered the periodic comets 117P/Helin-Roman-Alu and 132P/Helin-Roman-Alu. The asteroid 4104 Alu was named in his honour.-External links:*...
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...
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