8344 Babette
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8344 Babette is a main-belt
minor planet
. It was discovered by Tsuneo Niijima
and Takeshi Urata
in Ojima, Gunma
, on January 25, 1987. It is named after Babette Whipple, a teacher, researcher, psychotherapist, and the wife of astronomer Fred Lawrence Whipple
.
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...
minor planet
Minor planet
An asteroid group or minor-planet group is a population of minor planets that have a share broadly similar orbits. Members are generally unrelated to each other, unlike in an asteroid family, which often results from the break-up of a single asteroid...
. It was discovered by Tsuneo Niijima
Tsuneo Niijima
is a Japanese astronomer.He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids.He co-discovered the periodic comet 112P/Urata-Niijima.Asteroid 5507 Niijima is named after him.-References:...
and Takeshi Urata
Takeshi Urata
is a Japanese astronomer. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids, observing at Nihondaira Observatory.In 1978 he became the first amateur to discover a minor planet in over fifty years. He named it after it his daughter, Mizuho. His pioneering feat led to an upsurge in such discoveries. In the...
in Ojima, Gunma
Ojima, Gunma
Ojima was a town located in Nitta District, Gunma, Japan.On March 28, 2005 Ojima, along with the towns of Nitta and Yabuzukahon, all from Nitta District, was merged into the expanded city of Ōta....
, on January 25, 1987. It is named after Babette Whipple, a teacher, researcher, psychotherapist, and the wife of astronomer Fred Lawrence Whipple
Fred Lawrence Whipple
Fred Lawrence Whipple was an American astronomer, who worked at the Harvard College Observatory for over 70 years...
.