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asteroid
discovered on April 28, 1982 by E. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory. It was named in honor of Andrew F. Cheng (b. 1951), Chief Scientist at the Applied Physics Laboratory
of Johns Hopkins University
.
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 April 28, 1982 by E. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory. It was named in honor of Andrew F. Cheng (b. 1951), Chief Scientist at the Applied Physics Laboratory
Applied Physics Laboratory
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory , located in Howard County, Maryland near Laurel and Columbia, is a not-for-profit, university-affiliated research center employing 4,500 people. APL is primarily a defense contractor. It serves as a technical resource for the Department of...
of Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
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