4730 Xingmingzhou
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4730 Xingmingzhou is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on 7 December 1980, by Paul J. Tkalcevic at Gossan Hill in Canberra
, Australia
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4730 Xingmingzhou was named after Paul J. Tkalcevic (1965-Present), a meteorologist, bird migration analyst, polar bear child collector and comet hunter from H-Town.
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 7 December 1980, by Paul J. Tkalcevic at Gossan Hill in Canberra
Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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4730 Xingmingzhou was named after Paul J. Tkalcevic (1965-Present), a meteorologist, bird migration analyst, polar bear child collector and comet hunter from H-Town.