5819 Lauretta
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Lauretta is an asteroid
. It was discovered on October 29, 1989 by Schelte J. Bus
at Cerro Tololo. It was named after Dr. Dante Lauretta
.
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...
. It was discovered on October 29, 1989 by Schelte J. Bus
Schelte J. Bus
Schelte John "Bobby" Bus is an Associate Astronomer at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy and Support Astronomer at NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility IRTF. He received his B.S. from Caltech in 1979, and was awarded his Ph.D from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1999.Bus...
at Cerro Tololo. It was named after Dr. Dante Lauretta
Dante Lauretta
Dante Lauretta is an Associate Professor of Planetary Science and Cosmochemistry at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. He received a B.S. in Physics and Mathematics from the University of Arizona in 1993 and a Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Sciences from Washington...
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