73885 Kalaymoodley
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73885 Kalaymoodley is a main-belt
asteroid
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This asteroid was discovered by Andrea Boattini
on 1 March 1997 as part of the Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Objects Survey, and was named for Kalayvany Moodley, a close friend of the discoverer.
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...
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This asteroid was discovered by Andrea Boattini
Andrea Boattini
Andrea Boattini is an Italian astronomer, a prolific discoverer of asteroids and comets.After developing a growing interest in minor planets, he graduated in 1996 from the University of Bologna with a thesis on near-Earth objects...
on 1 March 1997 as part of the Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Objects Survey, and was named for Kalayvany Moodley, a close friend of the discoverer.