99201 Sattler
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99201 Sattler is an asteroid
. It was discovered by Paul G. Comba
on April 25, 2001. Its provisional designation was 2001 HY16. It was named after Birgit I. Sattler.
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 Paul G. Comba
Paul G. Comba
Paul G. Comba is an Italian-American astronomer.He was born in 1926 in Italy and went to the United States in 1946 at the age of 20 on a scholarship to Caltech from which he received a Ph.D. in mathematics in 1951. After graduation he taught at the University of Hawaii until 1960, when he joined...
on April 25, 2001. Its provisional designation was 2001 HY16. It was named after Birgit I. Sattler.