5497 Sararussell
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5497 Sararussell is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on September 30, 1975 by S. J. Bus at Palomar
, named after Dr Sara Russell, a British meteoriticist currently based at the Natural History Museum
, London, UK.
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 September 30, 1975 by S. J. Bus 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...
, named after Dr Sara Russell, a British meteoriticist currently based at the Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum is one of three large museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, England . Its main frontage is on Cromwell Road...
, London, UK.