8080 Intel
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8080 Intel is a Main belt
asteroid
.
It was discovered by CERGA
on November 17, 1987 in Caussols
. It was named after the influential Intel 8080 microprocessor.
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...
.
It was discovered by CERGA
Centre de recherches en géodynamique et astrométrie
The Centre de recherches en géodynamique et astrométrie was a scientific department of the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur . It included 28 researchers and as many engineers and technicians located on the Observatory sites of Nice, Grasse and Calern . The scientific activities covered fields as...
on November 17, 1987 in Caussols
Caussols
Caussols is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France, It is known for the CERGA Observatory on the plateau de Calern.-Demographics:-References:*...
. It was named after the influential Intel 8080 microprocessor.