8430 Florey
Encyclopedia
8430 Florey is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on 25 December 1997, by Frank B. Zoltowski
at Woomera
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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 25 December 1997, by Frank B. Zoltowski
Frank B. Zoltowski
Frank B. Zoltowski is an amateur Australian astronomer who lives in Woomera, South Australia. In 1998, Zoltowski was awarded a Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant for improved Near-Earth Object searches. Zoltowski conducts these searches from his home with a charge-coupled device camera.He is a prolific...
at Woomera
Woomera, South Australia
The town, or village, of Woomera is located in the south east corner of the Woomera Prohibited Area ; colloquially known as the Woomera Rocket Range...
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