5115 Frimout
Encyclopedia
5115 Frimout is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on February 13, 1988 by Elst, E. W. at La Silla. It was named after Dirk Frimout
, the first Belgian in space.
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 February 13, 1988 by Elst, E. W. at La Silla. It was named after Dirk Frimout
Dirk Frimout
Dirk Dries David Damiaan, Viscount Frimout is an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency. He flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mision STS-45 as a payload specialist, making him the first Belgian in space....
, the first Belgian in space.