Meanings of asteroid names (6001-6500)
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| 6001 Thales 6001 Thales 6001 Thales is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 11, 1988 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.- External links :*... |
Thales Thales Thales of Miletus was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Miletus in Asia Minor, and one of the Seven Sages of Greece. Many, most notably Aristotle, regard him as the first philosopher in the Greek tradition... of Miletus, Ancient Greek philosopher † ‡ |
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| Anaximander Anaximander Anaximander was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Miletus, a city of Ionia; Milet in modern Turkey. He belonged to the Milesian school and learned the teachings of his master Thales... , Ancient Greek astronomer † |
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| 6007 Billevans 6007 Billevans 6007 Billevans is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 28, 1990 by S. Ueda and H. Kaneda at Kushiro.- External links :*... |
William John ("Bill") Evans, American jazz pianist | |
| 6010 Lyzenga 6010 Lyzenga 6010 Lyzenga is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 19, 1990 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1990 OE | Gregory Allen Lyzenga, American geophysicist, Satellite Geodesy and Geodynamics Systems Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and, Physics Department, Harvey Mudd College* |
| 6011 Tozzi 6011 Tozzi 6011 Tozzi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 29, 1990 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Gian Paolo Tozzi, Italian astronomer or Paolo Tozzi, Italian astronomer or Andrea Tozzi, Italian astronomer* | |
| 6013 Andanike 6013 Andanike 6013 Andanike is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 18, 1991 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1991 OZ | Andrew S., David S., Nicholas J., and Kevin M. Martinez, grandsons of the discoverer |
| 6014 Chribrenmark 6014 Chribrenmark 6014 Chribrenmark is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 7, 1991 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.Christopher W. , Brendan J. and Mark E. Moeller are grandsons of the discoverer.- External links :*... |
Christopher W., Brendan J., and Mark E. Moeller, grandsons of the discoverer | |
| 6015 Paularego 6015 Paularego 6015 Paularego is a main-belt minor planet. It was discovered by Henry E. Holt at the Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California, on August 7, 1991. It is named after Paula Rego, a Portuguese painter.... |
Paula Rego Paula Rego Paula Rego is a painter born in Portugal although she is a naturalised British citizen.-Biography:Rego was born in the Portuguese capital Lisbon, the daughter of an electrical engineer who worked for the Marconi Company. Although this gave her a comfortable middle class home, the family was... , Luso-British graphic artist |
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| 6020 Miyamoto 6020 Miyamoto 6020 Miyamoto is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 30, 1991 by Endate and Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
Yukio Miyamoto, Japanese astronomer, director of Seiwa Kougen Observatory* | |
| 6022 Jyuro 6022 Jyuro 6022 Jyuro is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 26, 1992 by Endate and Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
Juro Kobayashi, Japanese amateur astronomer | |
| 6023 Tsuyashima 6023 Tsuyashima 6023 Tsuyashima is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 26, 1992 by Endate and Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
Takaaki Tsuyashima, Japanese astronomer, director of Kumamoto Kenmin Observatory | |
| 6024 Ochanomizu 6024 Ochanomizu 6024 Ochanomizu is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 27, 1992 by A. Sugie at Dynic.- External links :*... |
Ochanomizu Ochanomizu Ochanomizu is a neighborhood in Tokyo, Japan. It extends from the Yushima section of Bunkyo-ku to the Kanda section of Chiyoda-ku. Meiji University, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, and Juntendo University all have main campuses in the area. Ochanomizu Station on the Chūō Line is the transport... , a neighborhood in Tokyo, Japan |
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| 6025 Naotosato 6025 Naotosato 6025 Naotosato is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 30, 1992 by T. Urata at the Nihondaira Observatory.- External links :*... |
Naoto Sato Naoto Sato is a Japanese amateur astronomer and planetarian . He has done much for the spread of astronomy in Japan through speaking on planetaria and the results of astronomical observation.... , Japanese amateur astronomer |
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| 6026 Xenophanes 6026 Xenophanes 6026 Xenophanes is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 23, 1993 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.- External links :*... |
Xenophanes Xenophanes of Colophon was a Greek philosopher, theologian, poet, and social and religious critic. Xenophanes life was one of travel, having left Ionia at the age of 25 he continued to travel throughout the Greek world for another 67 years. Some scholars say he lived in exile in Siciliy... , Ancient Greek philosopher † |
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| 6029 Edithrand 6029 Edithrand 6029 Edithrand is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on January 14, 1948 by Lick Observatory at Mt. Hamilton.- External links :*... |
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| 6030 Zolensky 6030 Zolensky 6030 Zolensky is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 7, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.- External links :* - References :... |
Michael Ewing Zolensky, American meteoriticist, Associate Curator for Interplanetary Dust and Hardware Returned from Space, Co-investigator of the STARDUST Discovery Mission, and member of the science team of the MUSES-C Asteroid Sample Return Mission at NASA Johnson Space Center † ‡ | |
| 6031 Ryokan 6031 Ryokan 6031 Ryokan is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 26, 1982 by Kosai and Hurukawa at Kiso Observatory.- External links :*... |
Ryōkan Ryokan was a quiet and eccentric Sōtō Zen Buddhist monk who lived much of his life as a hermit. Ryōkan is remembered for his poetry and calligraphy, which present the essence of Zen life.-Early life:... , Japanese Zen monk* |
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| 6032 Nobel 6032 Nobel 6032 Nobel is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 4, 1983 by Lyudmila Georgievna Karachkina at Nauchnyj. It is named after Alfred Nobel, Swedish industrialist and founder of the Nobel Prize.- External links :*... |
1983 PY | Alfred Bernhard Nobel, Swedish chemist, humanist and philanthropist, founder of the Nobel prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895... † |
| 6036 Weinberg 6036 Weinberg 6036 Weinberg is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 13, 1988 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.... |
Steven Weinberg Steven Weinberg Steven Weinberg is an American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics for his contributions with Abdus Salam and Sheldon Glashow to the unification of the weak force and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles.... , American physicist and Nobelist † ‡ |
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| 6039 Parmenides 6039 Parmenides 6039 Parmenides is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on September 3, 1989 by E. W. Elst at Haute-Provence Observatory.- External links :*... |
1989 RS | Parmenides Parmenides Parmenides of Elea was an ancient Greek philosopher born in Elea, a Greek city on the southern coast of Italy. He was the founder of the Eleatic school of philosophy. The single known work of Parmenides is a poem, On Nature, which has survived only in fragmentary form. In this poem, Parmenides... , Ancient Greek philosopher † |
| 6041 Juterkilian 6041 Juterkilian 6041 Juterkilian is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on May 21, 1990 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1990 KL | Klas Juter, Swedish architect and photographer, and Danuta Kilian, Polish artist † |
| 6042 Cheshirecat 6042 Cheshirecat 6042 Cheshirecat is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on November 23, 1990 by A. Natori and T. Urata at the JCPM Yakiimo Station.- External links :*... |
The Cheshire cat Cheshire Cat The Cheshire Cat is a fictional cat popularised by Lewis Carroll's depiction of it in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Known for his distinctive mischievous grin, the Cheshire Cat has had a notable impact on popular culture.-Origins:... , from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures... * |
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| 6043 Aurochs 6043 Aurochs 6043 Aurochs is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 9, 1991 by S. Otomo at Kiyosato.- External links :*... |
The aurochs Aurochs The aurochs , the ancestor of domestic cattle, were a type of large wild cattle which inhabited Europe, Asia and North Africa, but is now extinct; it survived in Europe until 1627.... , Bos primigenius † |
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| 6044 Hammer-Purgstall 6044 Hammer-Purgstall 6044 Hammer-Purgstall is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1687.0813666 days .The asteroid was discovered on September 13, 1991.-References:... |
Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, Austrian orientalist* | |
| 6049 Toda 6049 Toda 6049 Toda is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 2, 1991 by Takahashi and Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
1991 VP | Kōjun? Toda, Japanese astronomer* |
| 6050 Miwablock 6050 Miwablock 6050 Miwablock is an Amor asteroid discovered on January 10, 1992 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.- External links :*... |
1992 AE | Miwa Block, application systems analyst at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory Lunar and Planetary Laboratory The Lunar and Planetary Laboratory is a research center for planetary science located in Tucson, Arizona. It is also a graduate school, constituting the Department of Planetary Sciences at the University of Arizona... of the University of Arizona University of Arizona The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885... and member of the Spacewatch Spacewatch Spacewatch is a project at the University of Arizona led by Robert S. McMillan that specializes in the study of minor planets, including various types of asteroids and comets... team* |
| 6051 Anaximenes 6051 Anaximenes 6051 Anaximenes is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 30, 1992 by Elst, E. W. at La Silla.- External links :*... |
Anaximenes of Miletus Anaximenes of Miletus Anaximenes of Miletus was an Archaic Greek Pre-Socratic philosopher active in the latter half of the 6th century BC. One of the three Milesian philosophers, he is identified as a younger friend or student of Anaximander. Anaximenes, like others in his school of thought, practiced material monism... , Ancient Greek philosopher † |
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| 6052 Junichi 6052 Junichi 6052 Junichi is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on February 9, 1992 by K. Endate and K. Watanabe at Kushiro / Kitami. It is named in honor of the astronomer Junichi Watanabe .... |
Junichi Watanabe, Japanese astronomer | |
| 6054 Ghiberti 6054 Ghiberti 6054 Ghiberti is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
4019 P-L | Lorenzo Ghiberti Lorenzo Ghiberti Lorenzo Ghiberti , born Lorenzo di Bartolo, was an Italian artist of the early Renaissance best known for works in sculpture and metalworking.-Early life:... , Italian sculptor* |
| 6055 Brunelleschi 6055 Brunelleschi 6055 Brunelleschi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 16, 1977 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
2158 T-3 | Filippo Brunelleschi Filippo Brunelleschi Filippo Brunelleschi was one of the foremost architects and engineers of the Italian Renaissance. He is perhaps most famous for inventing linear perspective and designing the dome of the Florence Cathedral, but his accomplishments also included bronze artwork, architecture , mathematics,... , Florentine architect* |
| 6056 Donatello 6056 Donatello 6056 Donatello is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 16, 1977 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
2318 T-3 | Donatello Donatello Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi , also known as Donatello, was an early Renaissance Italian artist and sculptor from Florence... (Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi), Florentine artist and sculptor* |
| 6057 Robbia 6057 Robbia 6057 Robbia is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on October 16, 1977 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
5182 T-3 | Luca della Robbia Luca della Robbia Luca della Robbia was an Italian sculptor from Florence, noted for his terra-cotta roundels.Luca Della Robbia developed a pottery glaze that made his creations more durable in the outdoors and thus suitable for use on the exterior of buildings. His work is noted for its charm rather than the drama... , Italian sculptor* |
| 6060 Doudleby 6060 Doudleby 6060 Doudleby is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 19, 1980 by Czechoslovak astronomer Antonín Mrkos at the Kleť Observatory.- External links :*... |
1980 DX | Doudleby Doudleby Doudleby is a village and municipality in České Budějovice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 384 .... , Bohemia Bohemia Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague... , Czech Republic Czech Republic The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest.... † |
| 6062 Vespa 6062 Vespa 6062 Vespa is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 2100.5689391 days . The asteroid was discovered on May 6, 1983.... |
1983 JQ | * |
| 6063 Jason 6063 Jason 6063 Jason is an Apollo asteroid discovered on May 27, 1984 by Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at Palomar. Its highly eccentric orbit crosses the orbits of Mars, Earth, and Venus. From 1800 to 2200 it approached a planet within 30 Gm 69 times: Mercury 11, Venus 27, Earth 18, and Mars 13 times.-... |
1984 KB | Jason Jason Jason was a late ancient Greek mythological hero from the late 10th Century BC, famous as the leader of the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece. He was the son of Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcus... , Greek mythological hero* |
| 6064 Holašovice 6064 Holašovice 6064 Holašovice is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1198.2890031 days .The asteroid was discovered on April 23, 1987 by Antonín Mrkos at Kleť in southern Bohemia and named after the nearby village of Holašovice.-References:... |
Holašovice Holašovice Holašovice is a small historic village located in the south of the Czech Republic, 15 kilometres west of České Budějovice. Village belongs to the municipality Jankov. To the south lies the protected landscape area of Blanský Forest... , Bohemia Bohemia Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague... , Czech Republic Czech Republic The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest.... † |
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| 6066 Hendricks 6066 Hendricks 6066 Hendricks is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 26, 1987 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff.-External links:*... |
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| 6068 Brandenburg 6068 Brandenburg 6068 Brandenburg is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 10, 1990 by L. D. Schmadel and F. Borngen at Tautenburg.- External links :*... |
Brandenburg Brandenburg Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... * |
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| 6069 Cevolani 6069 Cevolani 6069 Cevolani is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 8, 1991 by Holt, H. E. at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Giordano Cevolani, Italian geophysicist † | |
| 6070 Rheinland 6070 Rheinland 6070 Rheinland is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 10, 1991 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.- External links :*... |
Rhineland Rhineland Historically, the Rhinelands refers to a loosely-defined region embracing the land on either bank of the River Rhine in central Europe.... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... * |
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| 6071 Sakitama 6071 Sakitama 6071 Sakitama is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 4, 1992 by T. Hioki and S. Hayakawa at Okutama.- External links :*... |
Sakitama Village, Gyōda, Saitama Gyoda, Saitama is a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.As of April 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 87,089, with 33,570 households and a population density of 1,292.70 persons per km²... , Japan* |
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| 6072 Hooghoudt 6072 Hooghoudt 6072 Hooghoudt is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 25, 1971 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
1280 T-1 | Bernard Hooghoudt, developer of the Dutch radio telescopes † |
| 6074 Bechtereva 6074 Bechtereva 6074 Bechtereva is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 24, 1968 by T. M. Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory and named after Natalia Bekhtereva.- External links :*... |
1968 QE | Natalya Petrovna Bekhtereva, Russian physiologist † |
| 6075 Zajtsev 6075 Zajtsev 6075 Zajtsev is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 1, 1976 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.Quote from Minor Planet Circular No 25445, 1995 :"Named in honor of Alexander L. Zaitsev, Chief Scientist of the Institute of Radio-engineering and Electronics, Russia... |
Aleksandr Zaitsev Aleksandr Leonidovich Zaitsev Aleksandr Leonidovich Zaitsev is a Russian and Soviet radio engineer and astronomer from Fryazino. He works on radar astronomy devices, near-Earth asteroid radar research, and SETI.... , Russian radio engineer and astronomer † |
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| 6076 Plavec 6076 Plavec 6076 Plavec is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 14, 1980 by L. Brozek at Klet.- External links :*... |
1980 CR | Miroslav Plavec (Mirek Plavec), Czech astronomer † |
| 6077 Messner 6077 Messner 6077 Messner is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 3, 1980 by Z. Vavrova at Klet.- External links :*... |
1980 TM | Reinhold Messner Reinhold Messner Reinhold Messner is an Italian mountaineer and explorer from Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol "whose astonishing feats on Everest and on peaks throughout the world have earned him the status of the greatest climber in history." He is renowned for making the first solo ascent of Mount Everest without... , Italian mountaineer † |
| 6078 Burt 6078 Burt 6078 Burt is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 10, 1980 by Shoemaker, C. S. at Palomar.- External links :*... |
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| 6079 Gerokurat 6079 Gerokurat 6079 Gerokurat is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on February 28, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.- External links :*... |
Gero Kurat, Austrian curator of the meteorite collection of the Natural History Museum in Vienna, and president of the Meteoritical Society † | |
| 6080 Lugmair 6080 Lugmair 6080 Lugmair is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 2, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.- External links :*... |
Günter Lugmair, German cosmochemist and meteoriticist † | |
| 6081 Cloutis 6081 Cloutis 6081 Cloutis is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 2, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.- External links :*... |
Edward Cloutis, Canadian physicist † ‡ | |
| 6082 Timiryazev 6082 Timiryazev 6082 Timiryazev is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 21, 1982 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
Kliment Arkad'evich Timiryazev, Russian botanist* | |
| 6083 Janeirabloom 6083 Janeirabloom 6083 Janeirabloom is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 25, 1984 by B. A. Skiff at the Anderson Mesa Station of Lowell Observatory.- External links :*... |
Jane Ira Bloom Jane Ira Bloom Jane Ira Bloom is an American jazz soprano saxophonist and composer.-Biography:Bloom was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She began as a pianist and drummer, later switching to the alto saxophone, and eventually settling on the soprano saxophone as her primary instrument... , American soprano saxophonist and jazz composer † |
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| 6084 Bascom 6084 Bascom 6084 Bascom is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 12, 1985 by C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker at Palomar. It is named for the American geologist Florence Bascom.... |
1985 CT | Florence Bascom Florence Bascom Florence Bascom was the first woman hired by the United States Geological Survey. She was of Huguenot and Basque ancestry.... , American geologist |
| 6085 Fraethi 6085 Fraethi 6085 Fraethi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 25, 1987 by P. Jensen at Brorfelde.- External links :*... |
Frede Pedersen, father of one of the discoverers; Frede, an old Danish name meaning peace, comes from the old Nordic name Fraethi † | |
| 6087 Lupo 6087 Lupo 6087 Lupo is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on March 19, 1988 by C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1988 FK | Bob Lupo, Boston-born Arizona restaurateur |
| 6088 Hoshigakubo 6088 Hoshigakubo 6088 Hoshigakubo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 18, 1988 by T. Seki at Geisei.- External links :*... |
1988 UH | Hoshigakubo, Niyodo, Kōchi Niyodo, Kochi Niyodo was a village located in Takaoka District, Kōchi, Japan.On August 1, 2005 Niyodo was merged with the town of Ikegawa, and the village of Agawa, both from Agawa District, to form the new town of Niyodogawa, in Agawa District, and no longer exists as an independent municipality.As of 2003,... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... : The legend says that Here is meteor crater |
| 6089 Izumi 6089 Izumi 6089 Izumi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 5, 1989 by M. Koishikawa at Ayashi.- External links :*... |
Izumi-ku, Sendai Izumi-ku, Sendai is the northernmost ward of Sendai, in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Although Izumi-ku is mostly a residential area, it is also home to several college campuses; and companies such as Alps, Freescale Semiconductor, and Toppan have a large presence in the Izumi Parktown Industrial Park.As of November... , Japan |
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| 6091 Mitsuru 6091 Mitsuru 6091 Mitsuru is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 28, 1990 by Endate and Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
Mitsuru Soma, Japanese astronomer | |
| 6092 Johnmason 6092 Johnmason 6092 Johnmason is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 27, 1990 by E. F. Helin at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
1990 MN | John W. Mason, British amateur astronomer http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?2001JBAA..111...63M |
| 6093 Makoto 6093 Makoto 6093 Makoto is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 30, 1990 by Endate and Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
Makoto Yoshikawa, Japanese astronomer | |
| 6094 Hisako 6094 Hisako 6094 Hisako is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 10, 1990 by T. Hioki and S. Hayakawa at Okutama.... |
Hisako Hioki, mother of one of discovers* | |
| 6097 Koishikawa 6097 Koishikawa 6097 Koishikawa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 29, 1991 by Endate and Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
Masahiro Koishikawa Masahiro Koishikawa is a Japanese astronomer He has studied both major and minor planets, and has discovered asteroids and comets.- Employment :Koishikawa has been a staff member of the Sendai Astronomical Observatory since 1972. His research is based out of the Sendai's Ayashi station.- Asteroid 6097 :Asteroid 6097... , Japanese amateur astronomer |
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| 6099 Saarland 6099 Saarland 6099 Saarland is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 30, 1991 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.- External links :*... |
Saarland Saarland Saarland is one of the sixteen states of Germany. The capital is Saarbrücken. It has an area of 2570 km² and 1,045,000 inhabitants. In both area and population, it is the smallest state in Germany other than the city-states... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... * |
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| 6100 Kunitomoikkansai 6100 Kunitomoikkansai 6100 Kunitomoikkansai is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 9, 1991 by A. Sugie at the Dynic Astronomical Observatory.- External links :*... |
Kunitomo Ikkansai Kunitomo Ikkansai was a Japanese gun manufacturer of the early 19th century, who, after having spent several months in Edo where he could get accustomed with Dutch wares, built Japan's first reflective telescope in 1831. It was of the Gregorian type.... , Japanese gun manufacturer and astoronomer |
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| 6102 Visby 6102 Visby 6102 Visby is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1532.0615152 days . The asteroid was discovered on March 21, 1993.... |
Visby Visby -See also:* Battle of Visby* Gotland University College* List of governors of Gotland County-External links:* - Visby*... , Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... † |
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| 6104 Takao 6104 Takao 6104 Takao is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 16, 1993 by Endate and Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
1993 HZ | Takao Saito, Japanese geophysicist |
| 6105 Verrocchio 6105 Verrocchio 6105 Verrocchio is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
4580 P-L | Andrea del Verrocchio Andrea del Verrocchio Andrea del Verrocchio , born Andrea di Michele di Francesco de' Cioni, was an Italian sculptor, goldsmith and painter who worked at the court of Lorenzo de' Medici in Florence in the early renaissance. Few paintings are attributed to him with certainty, but a number of important painters were... , Florentine sculptor* |
| 6106 Stoss 6106 Stoss 6106 Stoss is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory. It is named for the German sculptor and woodcarver Veit Stoss.... |
6564 P-L | Veit Stoss Veit Stoss Veit Stoss was a leading Bavarian sculptor, mostly in wood, whose career covered the transition between the late Gothic and the Northern Renaissance. His style emphasized pathos and emotion, helped by his virtuoso carving of billowing drapery; it has been called "late Gothic Baroque"... , German sculptor and wood-carver |
| 6107 Osterbrock 6107 Osterbrock 6107 Osterbrock is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on January 14, 1948 by C. A. Wirtanen at Lick Observatory.- External links :*... |
1948 AF | Donald Edward Osterbrock Donald Edward Osterbrock Donald Edward Osterbrock was an American astronomer, best known for his work on star formation and on the history of astronomy.- Biography :Osterbrock was born in Cincinnati. His father was an electrical engineer... , American astrophysicist* |
| 6108 Glebov 6108 Glebov 6108 Glebov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 18, 1971 by T. M. Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.- External links :*... |
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| 6109 Balseiro 6109 Balseiro 6109 Balseiro is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 29, 1975 by the Félix Aguilar Observatory at the El Leoncito Station.- External links :*... |
1975 QC | José Antonio Balseiro José Antonio Balseiro José Antonio Balseiro was an Argentine physicist.Balseiro studied at the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba in his home city, before moving to La Plata to study and research, obtaining a doctorate in physics at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata. His doctoral dissertation was directed by Dr... , 20th-century Argentine nuclear physicist |
| 6110 Kazak 6110 Kazak 6110 Kazak is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 4, 1978 by L. I. Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.- External links :*... |
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| 6111 Davemckay 6111 Davemckay 6111 Davemckay is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 20, 1979 by S. J. Bus at Palomar.- External links :... |
David Stewart McKay, American lunar geologist and meteoriticist † | |
| 6112 Ludolfschultz 6112 Ludolfschultz 6112 Ludolfschultz is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 28, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.- External links :*... |
Ludolf Schultz, German cosmochemist and meteoriticist † | |
| 6113 Tsap 6113 Tsap 6113 Tsap is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 16, 1982 by L. I. Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.- External links :*... |
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| 6115 Martinduncan 6115 Martinduncan 6115 Martinduncan is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 25, 1984 by B. A. Skiff at Flagstaff.- External links :*... |
Martin J. Duncan, Canadian astronomer † | |
| 6116 Still 6116 Still 6116 Still is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 26, 1984 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff.- External links :*... |
Martin David Still, British astronomer* | |
| 6119 Hjorth 6119 Hjorth 6119 Hjorth is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 6, 1986 by P. Jensen at Brorfelde.- External links :*... |
1986 XH | Jens Hjorth, Danish astrophysicist † |
| 6120 Anhalt 6120 Anhalt 6120 Anhalt is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 21, 1987 by Freimut Börngen at Tautenburg.- External links :*... |
1987 QR | * |
| 6121 Plachinda 6121 Plachinda 6121 Plachinda is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 2, 1987 by L. I. Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.- External links :*... |
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| 6122 Henrard 6122 Henrard 6122 Henrard is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 21, 1987 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff.It was named in honor of the Belgian mathematician and astronomer Jacques Henrard.-External links:*... |
Jacques Henrard, Belgian astronomer (celestial mechanics)* | |
| 6123 Aristoteles 6123 Aristoteles 6123 Aristoteles is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 19, 1987 by Eric Walter Elst at Rozhen. The asteroid was named in honor of the Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle.- External links :*... |
Aristotle Aristotle Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology... , Ancient Greek philosopher † ‡ |
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| 6124 Mecklenburg 6124 Mecklenburg 6124 Mecklenburg is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on September 29, 1987 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.- External links :*... |
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| 6127 Hetherington 6127 Hetherington 6127 Hetherington is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 25, 1989 by Helin, E. F. at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1989 HD | Norriss Swigart Hetherington, American historian of astronomy* |
| 6128 Lasorda 6128 Lasorda 6128 Lasorda is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 3, 1989 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1989 LA | Tommy Lasorda Tommy Lasorda Thomas Charles Lasorda is a former Major League baseball player and manager. marked his sixth decade in one capacity or another with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers organization, the longest non-continuous tenure anyone has had with the team, edging Dodger broadcaster Vin Scully... , former manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers Los Angeles Dodgers The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming... † |
| 6129 Demokritos 6129 Demokritos 6129 Demokritos is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 4, 1989 by Eric Walter Elst at La Silla.- External links :*... |
Democritus Democritus Democritus was an Ancient Greek philosopher born in Abdera, Thrace, Greece. He was an influential pre-Socratic philosopher and pupil of Leucippus, who formulated an atomic theory for the cosmos.... , Ancient Greek philosopher † |
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| 6130 Hutton 6130 Hutton 6130 Hutton is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on September 24, 1989 by R. H. McNaught at Siding Spring.- External links :*... |
James Hutton James Hutton James Hutton was a Scottish physician, geologist, naturalist, chemical manufacturer and experimental agriculturalist. He is considered the father of modern geology... , 18th-century Scottish founder of modern geology |
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| 6131 Towen 6131 Towen 6131 Towen is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 27, 1990 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Tobias Owen, American astronomer* | |
| 6132 Danielson 6132 Danielson 6132 Danielson is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 22, 1990 by Holt, H. E. at Palomar.- External links :*... |
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| 6135 Billowen 6135 Billowen 6135 Billowen is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 14, 1990, by Henry E. Holt at Palomar.-External links:*... |
William Mann Owen, American astronomer* | |
| 6136 Gryphon 6136 Gryphon 6136 Gryphon is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 22, 1990 by A. Natori and T. Urata at the JCPM Yakiimo Station.- External links :*... |
1990 YH | * |
| 6137 Johnfletcher 6137 Johnfletcher 6137 Johnfletcher is an outer main-belt minor planet. It was discovered by Akira Natori and Takeshi Urata at the JCPM Yakiimo Station in Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan, on January 25, 1991. It is named after John Fletcher, a British amateur astronomer, broadcaster, and lecturer.-External links:*... |
1991 BY | John Fletcher, British amateur astronomer and public educator |
| 6139 Naomi 6139 Naomi 6139 Naomi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 10, 1992 by A. Sugie at the Dynic Astronomical Observatory.- External links :*... |
Naomi Sugie, wife of discover | |
| 6140 Kubokawa 6140 Kubokawa 6140 Kubokawa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 6, 1992 by Endate and Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
Kazuo Kubokawa Kazuo Kubokawa was a Japanese astronomer.He co-discovered the asteroid 1139 Atami.During the Japanese period in Taiwan, he was president of the Astronomical Association, Taiwan Branch beginning in 1938. He began to build "New High Mountain Observatory" in 1942, but died the following year.-External links:*... , Japanese astronomer |
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| 6141 Durda 6141 Durda 6141 Durda is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on December 26, 1992 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.- External links :*... |
Daniel David Durda, American astronomer † | |
| 6143 Pythagoras 6143 Pythagoras 6143 Pythagoras is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 14, 1993 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.- External links :*... |
1993 JV | Pythagoras Pythagoras Pythagoras of Samos was an Ionian Greek philosopher, mathematician, and founder of the religious movement called Pythagoreanism. Most of the information about Pythagoras was written down centuries after he lived, so very little reliable information is known about him... , Ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician † |
| 6144 Kondojiro 6144 Kondojiro 6144 Kondojiro is a minor planet. It was discovered by Kin Endate and Kazuro Watanabe at the Kitami Observatory in Hokkaidō, Japan, on March 14, 1994. It is named after Jiro Kondo, a Japanese Egyptologist and professor of archaeology at Waseda University.-External links:*... |
Jiro Kondo, Japanese Egyptologist and amateur astronomer | |
| 6145 Riemenschneider 6145 Riemenschneider 6145 Riemenschneider is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 26, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar.- External links :... |
2630 P-L | Tilman Riemenschneider Tilman Riemenschneider Tilman Riemenschneider was a German sculptor and woodcarver active in Würzburg from 1483. He was one of the most prolific and versatile sculptors of the transition period between late Gothic and Renaissance, a master in stone and limewood.- Biography :Tilman Riemenschneider was born between 1459... , German sculptor* |
| 6146 Adamkrafft 6146 Adamkrafft - References :... |
3262 T-2 | Adam Krafft, German sculptor* |
| 6147 Straub 6147 Straub 6147 Straub is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 17, 1977 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
1081 T-3 | Johann Baptist Straub Johann Baptist Straub Johann Baptist Straub was a German Rococo sculptor.-Biography:Straub was born in Wiesensteig, into a family of sculptors. His father Johann George Straub and his brothers Philipp Jakob, Joseph, and Johann Georg Straub were also sculptors, as was his nephew Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. J. B... , German sculptor* |
| 6148 Ignazgünther 6148 Ignazgünther 6148 Ignazgünther is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1254.3208304 days . The asteroid was discovered on October 16, 1977.... |
5119 T-3 | Ignaz Günther Ignaz Günther Ignaz Günther was a German sculptor and woodcarver working in the Bavarian rococo tradition.He was born in Altmannstein, Germany, where he received his earliest training from his father, then studied in Munich under the court sculptor Johann Baptist Straub from 1743 to 1750 and during his... , German sculptor* |
| 6149 Pelčák 6149 Pelcák 6149 Pelčák is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1347.7234256 days . The asteroid was discovered on September 25, 1979.... |
1979 SS | Oldřich Pelčák Oldrich Pelcak Oldřich Pelčák was a Czech cosmonaut and engineer.He graduated from Gagarin Air Force Military Academy.... , Czech astronaut-candidate † |
| 6150 Neukum 6150 Neukum 6150 Neukum is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 16, 1980 by C.-I. Lagerkvist at La Silla.- External links :*... |
Gerhard Neukum, German astronomer, professor at Freie Universität, Berlin † | |
| 6151 Viget 6151 Viget 6151 Viget is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1240.5026172 days . The asteroid was discovered on November 19, 1987.... |
1987 WF | * |
| 6152 Empedocles 6152 Empedocles 6152 Empedocles is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 3, 1989 by Eric Walter Elst at La Silla.- External links :*... |
Empedocles Empedocles Empedocles was a Greek pre-Socratic philosopher and a citizen of Agrigentum, a Greek city in Sicily. Empedocles' philosophy is best known for being the originator of the cosmogenic theory of the four Classical elements... , Ancient Greek philosopher † |
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| 6153 Hershey 6153 Hershey 6153 Hershey is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 19, 1990 by Helin, E. F. at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1990 OB | John Landis Hershey, American astronomer* |
| 6154 Stevesynnott 6154 Stevesynnott 6154 Stevesynnott is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 22, 1990 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Stephen P. Synnott Stephen P. Synnott Stephen P. Synnott is an American astronomer Voyager scientist who discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.He discovered Metis, Puck, Larissa , Proteus, and Thebe.-References:... , American astronomer* |
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| 6155 Yokosugano 6155 Yokosugano 6155 Yokosugano is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 11, 1990 by T. Nomura and K. Kawanishi at Minami-Oda.- External links :*... |
Yōko Sugano, wife of Matsuo Sugano Matsuo Sugano is a Japanese astronomer.He has discovered a number of asteroids, including 5881 Akashi , 6559 Nomura , and 8892 Kakogawa . He was also a co-discoverer of Comet Sugano-Saigusa-Fujikawa .... |
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| 6156 Dall 6156 Dall 6156 Dall is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 12, 1991 by Manning, B. G. W. at Stakenbridge.- External links :*... |
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| 6157 Prey 6157 Prey 6157 Prey is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 9, 1991 by L. D. Schmadel and F. Borngen at Tautenburg.- External links :*... |
Alois Prey, Austrian astronomer or Adalbert Prey, Austrian astronomer* | |
| 6160 Minakata 6160 Minakata 6160 Minakata is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 15, 1993 by Shimizu and Urata at Nachi-Katsuura.- External links :*... |
1993 JF | Kumagusu Minakata Minakata Kumagusu was a Japanese author and naturalist.-Biography:Minakata was born in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. In 1883, he moved to Tokyo, where he entered the preparatory school Kyōryū Gakkō. The headmaster of Kyōritsu, Takahashi Korekiyo, encouraged Minakata in his botanical studies as well as got... , Japanese author and naturalist |
| 6161 Vojno-Yasenetsky 6161 Vojno-Yasenetsky 6161 Vojno-Yasenetsky is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1699.2281256 days . The asteroid was discovered on October 14, 1971.... |
Valentin Voino-Yasenetsky (Archbishop Luka), Ukrainian surgeon and theologian* | |
| 6162 Prokhorov 6162 Prokhorov 6162 Prokhorov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 25, 1973 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
Yurij Vasil'evich Prokhorov, Russian mathematician* | |
| 6163 Reimers 6163 Reimers 6163 Reimers is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on March 16, 1977 by H.-E. Schuster at La Silla.- External links :*... |
1977 FT | Dieter Reimers, German astronomer* |
| 6164 Gerhardmüller 6164 Gerhardmüller 6164 Gerhardmüller is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1229.0217929 days .The asteroid was discovered on September 9, 1977.... |
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| 6165 Frolova 6165 Frolova 6165 Frolova is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 8, 1978 by N. S. Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.- External links :*... |
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| 6166 Univsima 6166 Univsima 6166 Univsima is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 27, 1978 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
Simferopol State University* | |
| 6167 Narmanskij 6167 Narmanskij 6167 Narmanskij is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 27, 1979 by N. S. Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.- External links :*... |
V. Ya. Narmanskii, Ukrainian researcher in biorhythms and space physics* | |
| 6169 Sashakrot 6169 Sashakrot 6169 Sashakrot is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 2, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.- External links :*... |
Alexander (Sasha) Krot, cosmochemist and meteoriticist † | |
| 6170 Levasseur 6170 Levasseur 6170 Levasseur is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on April 5, 1981 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff.- External links :*... |
1981 GP | Pierre Émile Levasseur Pierre Émile Levasseur Pierre Émile Levasseur , was a French economist, son of Victor Levasseur .Pierre was born and educated in Paris, France. He began teaching in the lycée at Alençon in 1852, and in 1857 became professor of rhetoric at Besançon. He returned to Paris to become professor at the lycée Saint Louis... , French economist* |
| 6172 Prokofeana 6172 Prokofeana 6172 Prokofeana is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on October 14, 1982 by L. G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
1982 TX | * |
| 6173 Jimwestphal 6173 Jimwestphal 6173 Jimwestphal is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 9, 1983 by B. A. Skiff at Flagstaff.- External links :*... |
1983 AD | James A. (Jim) Westphal, American astronomer, at one time Director of Palomar Observatory* |
| 6174 Polybius 6174 Polybius 6174 Polybius is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 4, 1983 by N. G. Thomas at Flagstaff.- External links :*... |
Polybius Polybius Polybius , Greek ) was a Greek historian of the Hellenistic Period noted for his work, The Histories, which covered the period of 220–146 BC in detail. The work describes in part the rise of the Roman Republic and its gradual domination over Greece... , Ancient Greek historian* |
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| 6175 Cori 6175 Cori 6175 Cori is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 4, 1983 by A. Mrkos at Klet.- External links :*... |
1983 XW | Carl Ferdinand Carl Ferdinand Cori Carl Ferdinand Cori was a Czech biochemist and pharmacologist born in Prague who, together with his wife Gerty Cori and Argentine physiologist Bernardo Houssay, received a Nobel Prize in 1947 for their discovery of how glycogen – a derivative of glucose – is broken down and... and Gerty Theresa Cori (née Radnitz), husband and wife Austro-Hungarian-American biochemists † |
| 6176 Horrigan 6176 Horrigan 6176 Horrigan is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 16, 1985 by Z. Vavrova at Klet.- External links :*... |
1985 BH | Barbara Llewellyn Horrigan, American member of the Arlington Friends of the Drama (Massachusetts), actress, director, and set and costume designer ‡ |
| 6179 Brett 6179 Brett 6179 Brett is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 3, 1986 by Shoemaker, C. S. at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1986 EN | Robin Brett, American astronomer* |
| 6180 Bystritskaya 6180 Bystritskaya 6180 Bystritskaya is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 8, 1986 by L. I. Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.- External links :*... |
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| 6181 Bobweber 6181 Bobweber 6181 Bobweber is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1383.9891295 days . The asteroid was discovered on September 6, 1986.-References:... |
1986 RW | Robert ("Bob") Weber Robert Weber (astronomer) Robert Weber was an American astronomer who ran the precursor to the LINEAR project shortly before his retirement in 1996. Data were collected by manually entering telescope pointing positions and requesting an image save. Searching twenty fields was a taxing experience... , 20th-century American physicist and astronomer, team leader of the Deep Space Satellite Tracking Network, and co-developer of the LINEAR Linear In mathematics, a linear map or function f is a function which satisfies the following two properties:* Additivity : f = f + f... project |
| 6182 Katygord 6182 Katygord 6182 Katygord is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 21, 1987 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff.-External links:*... |
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| 6183 Viscome 6183 Viscome 6183 Viscome is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1279.8188914 days .The asteroid was discovered on September 26, 1987 and is named in honour of American astronomer George R. Viscome. -References:... |
George R. Viscome George R. Viscome George R. Viscome is an American astronomer. He also worked as a broadcast technician in Albany, New York.He has discovered numerous asteroids; in 1987 his observations lead to the identification and number of asteroid 6183, which was named in honour of him as a result.- References :... , American broadcast technician and astrometrist † |
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| 6184 Nordlund 6184 Nordlund 6184 Nordlund is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 26, 1987 by P. Jensen at Brorfelde.- External links :*... |
Aake Nordlund, Danish astrophysicist † | |
| 6186 Zenon 6186 Zenon 6186 Zenon is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 11, 1988 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.- External links :*... |
Zenon Zenon Zeno , son of Agreophon, was a native of the Greek town of Caunus in lower Asia Minor. He moved to Philadelphia in Egypt and became a private secretary to Apollonius, the finance minister to Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Ptolemy III Euergetes during the 3rd century BC.A cache of over 2,000 Greek and... , Ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician † |
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| 6188 Robertpepin 6188 Robertpepin 6188 Robertpepin is a Main belt asteroid discovered on September 16, 1988. The asteroid was discovered by Schelte J. Bus at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. The asteroid was named after the American meteoriticist and professor Robert Pepin.... |
Robert Pepin, American meteoriticist † | |
| 6189 Völk 6189 Völk 6189 Völk is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1277.8872265 days . The asteroid was discovered on March 2, 1989.-References:... |
Elisabeth Völk, secretary of ESO European Southern Observatory The European Southern Observatory is an intergovernmental research organisation for astronomy, supported by fifteen countries... headquarters † ‡ |
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| 6190 Rennes 6190 Rennes 6190 Rennes is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 8, 1989 by M. Koishikawa at the Ayashi Station of the Sendai Astronomical Observatory.... |
Rennes Rennes Rennes is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France. Rennes is the capital of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department.-History:... , France* |
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| 6191 Eades 6191 Eades 6191 Eades is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 22, 1989 by Manning, B. G. W. at Stakenbridge.- External links :*... |
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| 6193 Manabe 6193 Manabe 6193 Manabe is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 18, 1990 by Endate and Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
Yoshinosuke or Ryōnosuke Manabe, Japanese astronomer* | |
| 6194 Denali 6194 Denali 6194 Denali is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 12, 1990 by R. H. McNaught at Siding Spring.- External links :*... |
1990 TN | * |
| 6195 Nukariya 6195 Nukariya 6195 Nukariya is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 13, 1990 by Endate and Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
Motoi Nukariya, Japanese astronomer | |
| 6198 Shirakawa 6198 Shirakawa 6198 Shirakawa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 10, 1992 by T. Hioki and S. Hayakawa at Okutama.- External links :*... |
Shirakawa, Fukushima Shirakawa, Fukushima is a city in Fukushima, Japan. It is located in the southern portion of the prefecture.The 2003 estimated population was 48,297 and the density in that year was 410.44 persons per km². The total area was 117.67 km²... , Japan |
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| 6199 Yoshiokayayoi 6199 Yoshiokayayoi 6199 Yoshiokayayoi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 26, 1992 by A. Sugie at the Dynic Astronomical Observatory.- External links :*... |
Yayoi Yoshioka Yoshioka Yayoi was a physician and women's rights activist, who founded the in 1900, as the first medical school for women in Japan. She was also known as Washiyama Yayoi.-Biography:... , Japanese physician and women's rights activist |
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| 6200 Hachinohe 6200 Hachinohe 6200 Hachinohe is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 16, 1993 by Endate and Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
1993 HL | Akio Hachinohe, Japanese amateur astronomer |
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| 6201 Ichiroshimizu 6201 Ichiroshimizu 6201 Ichiroshimizu is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 16, 1993 by Endate and Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
1993 HY | Ichiro Shimizu, Japanese astronomer † |
| 6202 Georgemiley 6202 Georgemiley 6202 Georgemiley is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 26, 1971 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
3332 T-1 | George K. Miley, American astronomer* |
| 6203 Lyubamoroz 6203 Lyubamoroz 6203 Lyubamoroz is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 3, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.- External links :*... |
Lyuba V. Moroz, Russian planetary scientist † | |
| 6204 MacKenzie 6204 MacKenzie 6204 MacKenzie is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 6, 1981 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Norman MacKenzie Norman MacKenzie Norman Archibald Macrae MacKenzie, CC, CMG, MM, CD, QC, FRSC was the President of the University of British Columbia from 1944 to 1962, and a Senator from 1966 to 1969.-Biography:... , Canadian scholar † |
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| 6205 Menottigalli 6205 Menottigalli 6205 Menottigalli is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 17, 1983 by E. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of Lowell Observatory.- External links :*... |
1983 OD | Menotti Galli, Italian physicist † |
| 6206 Corradolamberti 6206 Corradolamberti 6206 Corradolamberti is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 15, 1985 by E. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of Lowell Observatory.... |
Corrado Lamberti, Italian astronomer* | |
| 6207 Bourvil 6207 Bourvil 6207 Bourvil is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 24, 1988 by S. Ueda and H. Kaneda at Kushiro.- External links :*... |
1988 BV | Bourvil Bourvil André Bourvil, born André Robert Raimbourg was a French actor and singer best known for his roles in comedy, most notably in his collaboration with Louis de Funès in La Grande Vadrouille .-Biography:His father was killed in the First World War before Bourvil was born... (André Zacharie Raimbourg), French actor and singer |
| 6208 Wakata 6208 Wakata 6208 Wakata is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 3, 1988 by Endate and Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
1988 XT | Koichi Wakata Koichi Wakata is a Japanese engineer and a JAXA astronaut. Wakata is a veteran of four NASA Space Shuttle missions and a long-duration stay on the International Space Station. During a nearly two decade career in spaceflight he has logged five months in space. Wakata is currently assigned to the Soyuz... , Japanese astronaut |
| 6209 Schwaben 6209 Schwaben 6209 Schwaben is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 12, 1990 by Borngen and Schmadel at Tautenburg.- External links :*... |
Samuel Heinrich Schwabe, German solar astronomer †* | |
| 6210 Hyunseop 6210 Hyunseop 6210 Hyunseop is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 14, 1991 by M. Matsuyama and K. Watanabe at Kushiro.- External links :*... |
Seo Hyun-seop, Korean diplomat † | |
| 6211 Tsubame 6211 Tsubame 6211 Tsubame is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 19, 1991 by S. Inoda and T. Urata at the Karasuyama Astronomical Observatory.- External links :*... |
1991 DO | Tsubame, Japanese former express train running from Tokyo to Osaka or Kobe |
| 6213 Zwiers 6213 Zwiers 6213 Zwiers is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
2196 P-L | Hendrik Jan Zwiers, Dutch astronomer † |
| 6214 Mikhailgrinev 6214 Mikhailgrinev 6214 Mikhailgrinev is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 26, 1971 by T. M. Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.- External links :*... |
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| 6216 San Jose 6216 San Jose 6216 San Jose is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun every 4.57 years.The minor planet was discovered on September 30, 1975 by S. J. Bus at the Palomar Observatory and given the provisional designation 1975 SJ. In 1998 was renamed San Jose to honor the city of San Jose, California, United... |
1975 SJ | San Jose, California San Jose, California San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay... † |
| 6218 Mizushima 6218 Mizushima 6218 Mizushima is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 12, 1977 by Kosai and Hurukawa at Kiso Observatory.- External links :*... |
A town of Kurashiki, Okayama Kurashiki, Okayama is a historic city located to the west of Okayama Prefecture, Japan, sitting on the Takahashi River, on the coast of the Inland Sea.As of April 2010, the city has a population of 473,392. The total area is .-History:... , Japan |
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| 6219 Demalia 6219 Demalia 6219 Demalia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 8, 1978 by Chernykh, N. S. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
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| 6220 Stepanmakarov 6220 Stepanmakarov 6220 Stepanmakarov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 26, 1978 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
Stepan Osipovich Makarov, Russian vice-admiral and oceanographer* | |
| 6221 Ducentesima 6221 Ducentesima 6221 Ducentesima is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 13, 1980 by A. Mrkos at Klet.- External links :*... |
1980 GO | Latin Latin Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and... for "200", for 200th asteroid discovered at Kleť Observatory Klet Observatory Kleť Observatory is an astronomical observatory in the Czech Republic. It is situated in South Bohemia, south of the summit of Mount Kleť, near the town of České Budějovice... † |
| 6223 Dahl 6223 Dahl 6223 Dahl is an asteroid discovered 3 September 1980 by Antonín Mrkos at the Kleť Observatory in České Budějovice, Czech Republic. It was named in honor of the Welsh author Roald Dahl.See also: List of asteroids.... |
Roald Dahl Roald Dahl Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer, fighter pilot and screenwriter.Born in Wales to Norwegian parents, he served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, in which he became a flying ace and intelligence agent, rising to the rank of Wing Commander... , British author † |
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| 6224 El Goresy 6224 El Goresy 6224 El Goresy is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 1, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.- External links :... |
Ahmed El Goresy, Egyptian mineralogist † † | |
| 6225 Hiroko 6225 Hiroko 6225 Hiroko is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 1, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.- External links :*... |
Hiroko Nagahara, Japanese meteoriticist † | |
| 6226 Paulwarren 6226 Paulwarren 6226 Paulwarren is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 2, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.- External links :*... |
Paul Warren, American research geochemist † | |
| 6227 Alanrubin 6227 Alanrubin 6227 Alanrubin is an outer main belt asteroid discovered on March 2, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.- External links :*... |
Alan Rubin, American research geochemist † | |
| 6228 Yonezawa 6228 Yonezawa 6228 Yonezawa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 17, 1982, by Toshimasa Furuta at Tokai. It is named after the city of Yonezawa in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.- External links :*... |
1982 BA | Yonezawa, Yamagata Yonezawa, Yamagata is a city located in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 91,704 and the population density of 167 persons per square kilometer... , Japan |
| 6229 Tursachan 6229 Tursachan 6229 Tursachan is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 4, 1983 by B. A. Skiff at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory.- Citation :... |
Gaelic for "Standing Stones" (1997 Flagstaff Festival of Science asteroid naming contest winner) † | |
| 6231 Hundertwasser 6231 Hundertwasser 6231 Hundertwasser is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 20, 1985 by A. Mrkos at Klet.... |
1985 FH | Friedensreich Hundertwasser Friedensreich Hundertwasser Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser was an Austrian painter and architect. Born Friedrich Stowasser in Vienna, he became one of the best-known contemporary Austrian artists, although controversial, by the end of the 20th century.-Life:Hundertwasser's father Ernst Stowasser died three... (Friedrich Stowasser), Austrian artist † |
| 6232 Zubitskia 6232 Zubitskia 6232 Zubitskia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 19, 1985 by N. S. Chernykh and L. I. Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.- External links :*... |
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| 6233 Kimura 6233 Kimura 6233 Kimura is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 8, 1986 by Inoda and Urata at Karasuyama.- External links :*... |
1986 CG | Hisashi Kimura Hisashi Kimura was a Japanese astronomer originally from Kanazawa, Ishikawa.He devoted his career to the study and measurement of variation in latitude, building upon the work of Seth Carlo Chandler, who discovered the Chandler wobble. He was director of the International Latitude Observatory at Mizusawa,... , Japanese astronomer* |
| 6234 Sheilawolfman 6234 Sheilawolfman 6234 Sheilawolfman is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 30, 1986 by Z. Vavrova at Klet.- External links :*... |
1986 SF | Sheila Wolfman (née Sala Fajerman), Polish child survivor of the holocaust, pictured in Martin Gilbert's The Boys † |
| 6235 Burney 6235 Burney 6235 Burney is a minor planet that was discovered on November 14, 1987 by Seiji Ueda and Hiroshi Kaneda at Kushiro.The naming of the asteroid "Burney" was not suggested by the asteroid discoverers. It was designated by the Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature of Division III of the... |
1987 VB | Venetia Phair, née Burney, English woman who, at age 11, suggested the name Pluto for the "ninth planet" |
| 6236 Mallard 6236 Mallard 6236 Mallard is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 29, 1988 by Oohira.- External links :*... |
1988 WF | LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard Number 4468 Mallard is a London and North Eastern Railway Class A4 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive built at Doncaster, England in 1938. While in other respects a relatively typical member of its class, it is historically significant for being the holder of the official world speed record for steam... , British steam locomotive |
| 6237 Chikushi 6237 Chikushi 6237 Chikushi is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on February 4, 1989 by T. Seki at Geisei.- External links :*... |
1989 CV | Chikuzen Chikuzen Province was an old province of Japan in the area that is today part of Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyūshū. It was sometimes called , with Chikugo Province. Chikuzen bordered Buzen, Bungo, Chikugo, and Hizen Provinces.... and Chikugo Province Chikugo Province is the name of a former province of Japan in the area that is today the southern part of Fukuoka Prefecture on Kyūshū. It was sometimes called , with Chikuzen Province... , former name of Fukuoka prefecture Fukuoka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on Kyūshū Island. The capital is the city of Fukuoka.- History :Fukuoka Prefecture includes the former provinces of Chikugo, Chikuzen, and Buzen.... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... † |
| 6239 Minos 6239 Minos 6239 Minos is an Apollo asteroid and classified as a PHA discovered on August 31, 1989 by Carolyn S. Shoemaker and Eugene Merle Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1989 QF | Minos Minos In Greek mythology, Minos was a king of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa. Every year he made King Aegeus pick seven men and seven women to go to Daedalus' creation, the labyrinth, to be eaten by The Minotaur. After his death, Minos became a judge of the dead in Hades. The Minoan civilization of Crete... , mythological Cretan king* |
| 6240 Lucretius Carus 6240 Lucretius Carus 6240 Lucretius Carus is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 26, 1989 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.- External links :*... |
Titus Lucretius Lucretius Titus Lucretius Carus was a Roman poet and philosopher. His only known work is an epic philosophical poem laying out the beliefs of Epicureanism, De rerum natura, translated into English as On the Nature of Things or "On the Nature of the Universe".Virtually no details have come down concerning... Carus, Roman poet and philosopher † |
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| 6241 Galante 6241 Galante 6241 Galante is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 4, 1989 at Osservatorio San Vittore at Bologna.- External links :*... |
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| 6243 Yoder 6243 Yoder 6243 Yoder is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 27, 1990 by H. E. Holt at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
Charles Finney Yoder, American astronomer* | |
| 6244 Okamoto 6244 Okamoto 6244 Okamoto is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 20, 1990 by T. Seki at Geisei.- External links :*... |
1990 QF | Hiroshi Okamoto, Japanese primary school teacher of discoverer † |
| 6245 Ikufumi 6245 Ikufumi 6245 Ikufumi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 27, 1990 by T. Urata at the Nihondaira Observatory.- External links :*... |
Ikufumi Makino, Japanese telecommunications systems engineer and amateur astronomer † | |
| 6246 Komurotoru 6246 Komurotoru 6246 Komurotoru is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 13, 1990 by Tetsuya Fujii and Kazuro Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
Toru Komuro, Japanese sculptor* | |
| 6247 Amanogawa 6247 Amanogawa 6247 Amanogawa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 21, 1990 by Endate and Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
Amanogawa river, Hokkaidō, Japan (In Japanese, "Amanogawa" means also "Milky Way") | |
| 6249 Jennifer 6249 Jennifer 6249 Jennifer is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on May 7, 1991 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.- External links :*... |
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| 6251 Setsuko 6251 Setsuko 6251 Setsuko is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 25, 1992 by Akiyama and Furuta at Mishima.- External links :*... |
1992 DB | Setsuko Akiyama, wife of one of discoveres |
| 6252 Montevideo 6252 Montevideo 6252 Montevideo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 6, 1992 by UESAC at La Silla.- External links :*... |
Montevideo Montevideo Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento... , Uruguay Uruguay Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area... , birthplace of Gonzalo Tancredi, one of the discoverers † |
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| 6255 Kuma 6255 Kuma 6255 Kuma is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 5, 1994 by A. Nakamura at Kuma Kogen.- External links :*... |
1994 XT | Kuma, Aichi, Japan |
| 6256 Canova 6256 Canova 6256 Canova is a main belt asteroid with a perihelion of 2.0156178 AU. It has an eccentricity of 0.1724936 and an orbital period of 1388.5249368 days .Calinger has an average orbital speed of 19.08215091 km/s and an inclination of 4.18322°.... |
4063 P-L | Antonio Canova Antonio Canova Antonio Canova was an Italian sculptor from the Republic of Venice who became famous for his marble sculptures that delicately rendered nude flesh... , Italian sculptor* |
| 6257 Thorvaldsen 6257 Thorvaldsen 6257 Thorvaldsen is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 26, 1971 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory. It is named after the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen.- External links :... |
4098 T-1 | Bertel Thorvaldsen Bertel Thorvaldsen Bertel Thorvaldsen was a Danish-Icelandic sculptor of international fame, who spent most of his life in Italy . Thorvaldsen was born in Copenhagen into a Danish/Icelandic family of humble means, and was accepted to the Royal Academy of Arts when he was eleven years old... , Danish sculptor* |
| 6258 Rodin 6258 Rodin 6258 Rodin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 30, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
3070 T-2 | Auguste Rodin Auguste Rodin François-Auguste-René Rodin , known as Auguste Rodin , was a French sculptor. Although Rodin is generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture, he did not set out to rebel against the past... , French sculptor †* |
| 6259 Maillol 6259 Maillol 6259 Maillol is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 30, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
3236 T-2 | Aristide Maillol Aristide Maillol Aristide Maillol or Aristides Maillol was a French Catalan sculptor and painter.-Biography:... , French sculptor* |
| 6260 Kelsey 6260 Kelsey 6260 Kelsey is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 2, 1949 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*... |
1949 PN | Frances Oldham Kelsey Frances Oldham Kelsey Frances Kathleen Oldham Kelsey, Ph.D., M.D., is a pharmacologist, most famous as the reviewer for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration who refused to authorize thalidomide for market because she had concerns about the drug's safety. Her concerns proved to be justified when it was proven that... , Canadian-American pharmacologist † |
| 6261 Chione 6261 Chione 6261 Chione is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on November 30, 1976 by Schuster, H.-E. at La Silla.- External links :*... |
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| 6262 Javid 6262 Javid 6262 Javid is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 1, 1978 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
1978 RZ | * |
| 6266 Letzel 6266 Letzel 6266 Letzel is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 4, 1986 by A. Mrkos at Klet.- External links :*... |
Jan Letzel Jan Letzel Jan Letzel was a Czech architect.-Biography:Jan Letzel was born in the town of Náchod, Bohemia. The son of a hotel owners Jan Letzel and his wife Walburga Letzel, née Havlicek... , Czech architect † |
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| 6267 Rozhen 6267 Rozhen 6267 Rozhen is an asteroid. For four days, between 2005 January and 2005 January, it was briefly and erroneously renamed 6267 Smolyan.-References:* *... |
The National Astronomical Observatory of Bulgaria on Mt Rozhen* | |
| 6268 Versailles 6268 Versailles 6268 Versailles is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 22, 1990 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.- External links :*... |
Versailles Versailles Versailles , a city renowned for its château, the Palace of Versailles, was the de facto capital of the kingdom of France for over a century, from 1682 to 1789. It is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and remains an important administrative and judicial centre... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... † |
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| 6269 Kawasaki 6269 Kawasaki 6269 Kawasaki is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 20, 1990 by T. Urata at Oohira.- External links :*... |
1990 UJ | Shun'ichi Kawasaki, Japanese astronomer* |
| 6271 Farmer 6271 Farmer 6271 Farmer is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on July 9, 1991 by Helin, E. F. at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1991 NF | * |
| 6273 Kiruna 6273 Kiruna - External links :*... |
Kiruna Kiruna Kiruna is the northernmost city in Sweden, situated in Lapland province, with 18,154 inhabitants in 2005. It is the seat of Kiruna Municipality Kiruna (Northern Sami: Giron, Finnish: Kiiruna) is the northernmost city in Sweden, situated in Lapland province, with 18,154 inhabitants in 2005. It is... , northernmost city of Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... † |
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| 6274 Taizaburo 6274 Taizaburo 6274 Taizaburo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 23, 1992 by Endate & Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
1992 FV | Taizaburo Koyama, Japanese amateur astronomer* |
| 6275 Kiryu 6275 Kiryu 6275 Kiryu is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 14, 1993 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.- External links :*... |
1993 VQ | Kiryū, Gunma Kiryu, Gunma is a city in Gunma, Japan, near the cities of Ōta and Ashikaga. Incorporated on March 1, 1921, Kiryū is considered both a city and part of the Greater Tokyo Metropolitan Area, although it is still widely thought of as a rural area... , Japan |
| 6276 Kurohone 6276 Kurohone 6276 Kurohone is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 1, 1994 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.- External links :*... |
1994 AB | Kurohone Kurohone, Gunma Kurohone was a village located in Seta District, Gunma, Japan on the southeast slope of Mount Akagi. The village split the highest peak of the mountain with Fujimi.... , village in Seta District, Gunma, Japan* |
| 6278 Ametkhan 6278 Ametkhan 6278 Ametkhan is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 10, 1971 by B. A. Burnasheva at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.- External links :*... |
1971 TF | Amet Khan Sultan, Tatar air ace of World War II* |
| 6280 Sicardy 6280 Sicardy 6280 Sicardy is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 2, 1980 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff.- External links :*... |
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| 6281 Strnad 6281 Strnad 6281 Strnad is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 16, 1980 by A. Mrkos at Klet. It is named after Antonín Strnad.- External links :*... |
1980 SD | Antonín Strnad, Czech astronomer † |
| 6282 Edwelda 6282 Edwelda 6282 Edwelda is an asteroid named in honor of Filipinos Edwin L. Aguirre and Imelda B. Joson by the IAU in 1995. IAU used the combined first names in recognition of their accomplishments in the field of astronomy, including the book they wrote on Halley’s comet that the National Research Council of... |
Edwin Aguirre and Imelda Joson, Filipino associate editor and photo editor, respectively, at Sky & Telescope Sky & Telescope Sky & Telescope is a monthly American magazine covering all aspects of amateur astronomy, including the following:*current events in astronomy and space exploration;*events in the amateur astronomy community;... magazine † ‡ + |
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| 6284 Borisivanov 6284 Borisivanov 6284 Borisivanov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 2, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.- External links :*... |
Boris Ivanov, Russian geophysicist † | |
| 6285 Ingram 6285 Ingram 6285 Ingram is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 2, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.- External links :*... |
Vernon Ingram Vernon Ingram Vernon M. Ingram, Ph.D., FRS was a German American professor of biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.-Biography:Ingram was born in Breslau, Lower Silesia... , American biologist, and his wife Elizabeth (Beth) Ingram, former Ashdown House housemasters at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in... † |
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| 6287 Lenham 6287 Lenham 6287 Lenham is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 8, 1984 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff.- External links :*... |
1984 AR | Alan Pennell Lenham, British amateur astronomer* |
| 6291 Renzetti 6291 Renzetti 6291 Renzetti is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 15, 1985 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff.- External links :*... |
Nicholas A. Renzetti, physicist, at one time with the Deep Space Network Deep Space Network The Deep Space Network, or DSN, is a world-wide network of large antennas and communication facilities that supports interplanetary spacecraft missions. It also performs radio and radar astronomy observations for the exploration of the solar system and the universe, and supports selected... * |
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| 6293 Oberpfalz 6293 Oberpfalz 6293 Oberpfalz is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 26, 1987 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.- External links :*... |
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| 6294 Czerny 6294 Czerny 6294 Czerny is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 11, 1988 by Eric Walter Elst at La Silla.- External links :... |
Karl Czerny, Austrian composer and piano teacher † | |
| 6295 Schmoll 6295 Schmoll 6295 Schmoll is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 11, 1988 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.- External links :*... |
Antoine Schmoll, German piano teacher † | |
| 6296 Cleveland 6296 Cleveland 6296 Cleveland is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on July 12, 1988 by Helin, E. F. at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1988 NC | Cleveland, Ohio Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus... * |
| 6299 Reizoutoyoko 6299 Reizoutoyoko 6299 Reizoutoyoko is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 5, 1988 by M. Arai and H. Mori at Yorii.- External links :*... |
Reizou and Toyoko Mori, parents of one of discoverers | |
| 6300 Hosamu 6300 Hosamu 6300 Hosamu is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on December 30, 1988 by T. Hioki and N. Kawasato at Okutama.- External links :*... |
1988 YB | Osamu Hioki, friend of discoverers |
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| 6302 Tengukogen 6302 Tengukogen 6302 Tengukogen is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 2, 1989 by T. Seki at Geisei.- External links :*... |
1989 CF | Tengu Highland, mountain in Shikoku Shikoku is the smallest and least populous of the four main islands of Japan, located south of Honshū and east of the island of Kyūshū. Its ancient names include Iyo-no-futana-shima , Iyo-shima , and Futana-shima... Island, Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... † |
| 6304 Josephus Flavius 6304 Josephus Flavius 6304 Josephus Flavius is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 2, 1989 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.... |
Josephus Josephus Titus Flavius Josephus , also called Joseph ben Matityahu , was a 1st-century Romano-Jewish historian and hagiographer of priestly and royal ancestry who recorded Jewish history, with special emphasis on the 1st century AD and the First Jewish–Roman War, which resulted in the Destruction of... Bar Mattheus, Jewish historian † |
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| 6305 Helgoland 6305 Helgoland 6305 Helgoland is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 6, 1989 by Freimut Börngen at Tautenburg.- External links :*... |
Heligoland Heligoland Heligoland is a small German archipelago in the North Sea.Formerly Danish and British possessions, the islands are located in the Heligoland Bight in the south-eastern corner of the North Sea... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... * |
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| 6306 Nishimura 6306 Nishimura 6306 Nishimura is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 30, 1989 by A. Sugie at Dynic Astronomical Observatory.- External links :*... |
Yūji Nishimura, president of Nishimura Mfg. Co. | |
| 6307 Maiztegui 6307 Maiztegui 6307 Maiztegui is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1514.0153027 days . The asteroid was discovered on November 22, 1989.... |
Alberto Maiztegui, Argentinian author and science educator | |
| 6308 Ebisuzaki 6308 Ebisuzaki 6308 Ebisuzaki is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 17, 1990 by Yoshio Kushida and Osamu Muramatsu at the Yatsugatake South Base Observatory.- External links :*... |
1990 BK | Toshikazu Ebisuzaki, Japanese astronomer |
| 6309 Elsschot 6309 Elsschot 6309 Elsschot is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 2, 1990 by Elst, E. W. at La Silla.- External links :*... |
Willem Elsschot Willem Elsschot Willem Elsschot , was a Flemish writer and poet . A few of his works have been translated into English.-Life:... , pseudonym of Alfons de Ridder, Flemish writer † |
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| 6310 Jankonke 6310 Jankonke 6310 Jankonke is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on May 21, 1990 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1990 KK | * |
| 6311 Porubčan 6311 Porubcan 6311 Porubčan is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1265.0804619 days . The asteroid was discovered on September 15, 1990.... |
Vladimír Porubčan Vladimír Porubcan Prof. RNDr. Vladimír Porubčan, DrSc., is a Slovak astronomer. He is a member of Astronomical Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Department of Interplanetary Matter. His field of interest contains meteors, meteor streams, meteorites, asteroids, and comets. His significant works along with... , Slovak astronomer* |
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| 6312 Robheinlein 6312 Robheinlein 6312 Robheinlein is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 14, 1990 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Robert A. Heinlein Robert A. Heinlein Robert Anson Heinlein was an American science fiction writer. Often called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was one of the most influential and controversial authors of the genre. He set a standard for science and engineering plausibility and helped to raise the genre's standards of... , American science fiction author |
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| 6317 Dreyfus 6317 Dreyfus 6317 Dreyfus is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 16, 1990 by Eric Walter Elst at La Silla.- External links :*... |
Dreyfus affair Dreyfus Affair The Dreyfus affair was a political scandal that divided France in the 1890s and the early 1900s. It involved the conviction for treason in November 1894 of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a young French artillery officer of Alsatian Jewish descent... † |
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| 6318 Cronkite 6318 Cronkite 6318 Cronkite is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on November 18, 1990 by E. F. Helin at Palomar. It is named after American journalist, Walter Cronkite.- External links :*... |
1990 WA | Walter Cronkite Walter Cronkite Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. was an American broadcast journalist, best known as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years . During the heyday of CBS News in the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in an opinion poll... , American TV newsreader* |
| 6319 Beregovoj 6319 Beregovoj 6319 Beregovoj is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 19, 1990 by Elst, E. W. at La Silla.- External links :*... |
Georgi Beregovoi Georgi Beregovoi Georgy Timofeyevich Beregovoy was a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the space mission Soyuz 3 in 1968. At the time of his flight, Beregovoy was 47 years of age: he was the oldest human to go into space , three months and three days older than the second earliest-born astronaut, American John... , Russian cosmonaut † ‡ |
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| 6320 Bremen 6320 Bremen 6320 Bremen is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 15, 1991 by Freimut Börngen at Tautenburg.- External links :*... |
Bremen Bremen The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... * |
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| 6321 Namuratakao 6321 Namuratakao 6321 Namuratakao is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 19, 1991 by A. Sugie at Dynic Astronomical Observatory.- External links :*... |
1991 BV | Takao Namura, Japanese optical engineer* |
| 6323 Karoji 6323 Karoji 6323 Karoji is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 14, 1991 by Endate & Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
Hiroshi Karoji, Japanese astronomer* | |
| 6326 Idamiyoshi 6326 Idamiyoshi 6326 Idamiyoshi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 18, 1991 by A. Sugie at Dynic Astronomical Observatory.- External links :*... |
Miyoshi Ida, Japanese amateur astronomer* | |
| 6329 Hikonejyo 6329 Hikonejyo 6329 Hikonejyo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 12, 1992 by A. Sugie at Dynic Astronomical Observatory.- External links :*... |
Hikone Castle Hikone Castle is the most famous historical site in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. This Edo period castle traces its origin to 1603 when Ii Naokatsu, son of the former daimyo Ii Naomasa, ordered its construction. The keep was originally built in 1575, as part of Ōtsu Castle, and was moved to Hikone by the Ii... , Hikone, Shiga Hikone, Shiga is a city located in Shiga, Japan. The city was incorporated on February 11, 1937.Hikone's most famous historical site is Hikone Castle. Its construction was begun in 1603, by Ii Naokatsu, son of the former lord, Ii Naomasa, but was not completed until 1622... , Japan |
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| 6330 Koen 6330 Koen 6330 Koen is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 23, 1992 by Endate & Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
1992 FN | Koen Yanagiya, rakugo Rakugo is a Japanese verbal entertainment. The lone sits on the stage, called the . Using only a paper fan and a small cloth as props, and without standing up from the seiza sitting position, the rakugo artist depicts a long and complicated comical story... ka |
| 6332 Vorarlberg 6332 Vorarlberg 6332 Vorarlberg is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1400.9571729 days . The asteroid was discovered on March 30, 1992.... |
Vorarlberg Vorarlberg Vorarlberg is the westernmost federal-state of Austria. Although it is the second smallest in terms of area and population , it borders three countries: Germany , Switzerland and Liechtenstein... , Austria* |
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| 6333 Helenejacq 6333 Helenejacq 6333 Helenejacq is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 3, 1992 by Leonard, G. J. at Palomar.... |
1992 LG | * |
| 6334 Robleonard 6334 Robleonard 6334 Robleonard is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 27, 1992 by G. J. Leonard at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1992 MM | * |
| 6336 Dodo 6336 Dodo 6336 Dodo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 21, 1992 by S. Otomo at Kiyosato.- External links :*... |
1992 UU | Dodo Dodo The dodo was a flightless bird endemic to the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. Related to pigeons and doves, it stood about a meter tall, weighing about , living on fruit, and nesting on the ground.... |
| 6337 Shiota 6337 Shiota 6337 Shiota is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 26, 1992 by Endate & Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
Kazuo Shiota, Japanese amateur astronomer | |
| 6338 Isaosato 6338 Isaosato 6338 Isaosato is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 26, 1992 by Endate & Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
Isao Sato, Japanese astronomer | |
| 6339 Giliberti 6339 Giliberti 6339 Giliberti is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 20, 1993 by Casulli, V. S. at Colleverde.- External links :*... |
1993 SG | * |
| 6340 Kathmandu 6340 Kathmandu 6340 Kathmandu is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on October 15, 1993 by Endate & Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
Kathmandu, Nepal Nepal Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India... * |
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| 6345 Hideo 6345 Hideo 6345 Hideo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 5, 1994 by Endate & Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*... |
Hideo Fukushima, Japanese astronomer | |
| 6346 Syukumeguri 6346 Syukumeguri 6346 Syukumeguri is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 6, 1995, by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.- External links :*... |
1995 AY | A part of Kurohone, Gunma Kurohone, Gunma Kurohone was a village located in Seta District, Gunma, Japan on the southeast slope of Mount Akagi. The village split the highest peak of the mountain with Fujimi.... , Japan |
| 6349 Acapulco 6349 Acapulco 6349 Acapulco is a main belt asteroid discovered on February 8, 1995 by M. Koishikawa at the Ayashi Station of the Sendai Astronomical Observatory.-References:... |
Acapulco Acapulco Acapulco is a city, municipality and major sea port in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific coast of Mexico, southwest from Mexico City. Acapulco is located on a deep, semi-circular bay and has been a port since the early colonial period of Mexico’s history... , Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of... * |
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| 6350 Schlüter 6350 Schlüter 6350 Schlüter is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 2006.3515517 days . The asteroid was discovered on October 17, 1960.-References:... |
3526 P-L | Jochen Schlüter, German mineralogist or Arnulf Schlüter, German astronomer or Wolfgang Schlüter, German astronomer* |
| 6351 Neumann 6351 Neumann 6351 Neumann is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on March 26, 1971 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
4277 T-1 | Johann Balthasar Neumann, German baroque architect † |
| 6352 Schlaun 6352 Schlaun 6352 Schlaun is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 16, 1977 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
2400 T-3 | Johann Conrad Schlaun, German baroque architect* |
| 6353 Semper 6353 Semper 6353 Semper is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 16, 1977 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
3107 T-3 | * |
| 6354 Vangelis 6354 Vangelis 6354 Vangelis is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 3, 1934 by Eugène Delporte at Uccle. The planet bears the namesake of composer / musician, Vangelis.- External links :**... |
1934 GA | Vangelis Papathanassiou, Greek composer and multi-instrumentalist † |
| 6355 Univermoscow 6355 Univermoscow 6355 Univermoscow is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on October 15, 1969 by L. I. Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.- External links :*... |
University of Moscow* | |
| 6356 Tairov 6356 Tairov 6356 Tairov is a Penis discovered on August 26, 1976 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
1976 QR | Vasilij Egorovich Tairov, Russian viticulturist* |
| 6357 Glushko 6357 Glushko 6357 Glushko is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1976 by Chernykh, N. S. at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
Valentin Petrovich Glushko, Soviet rocket scientist* | |
| 6358 Chertok 6358 Chertok 6358 Chertok is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 13, 1977 by Chernykh, N. S. at Nauchnyj. It was named Boris Chertok, a Russian rocket engineer.- External links :*... |
Boris Evseevich Chertok, Russian rocket scientist (specialist in guidance and control)* | |
| 6359 Dubinin 6359 Dubinin 6359 Dubinin is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on January 13, 1977 by N. S. Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.- External links :*... |
Eduard Dubinin, Russian astrophysicist* | |
| 6362 Tunis 6362 Tunis 6362 Tunis is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 19, 1979 by R. M. West at the European Southern Observatory.- External links :*... |
1979 KO | Tunis Tunis Tunis is the capital of both the Tunisian Republic and the Tunis Governorate. It is Tunisia's largest city, with a population of 728,453 as of 2004; the greater metropolitan area holds some 2,412,500 inhabitants.... , Tunisia Tunisia Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area... * |
| 6363 Doggett 6363 Doggett 6363 Doggett is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 6, 1981 by Bowell, E. at Anderson Mesa.- External links :*... |
LeRoy Elsworth Doggett, American astronomer and historian of astronomy [Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 28 (1996), pp. 1450-1451] | |
| 6364 Casarini 6364 Casarini 6364 Casarini is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 5, 1981 by H. Debehogne and G. De Sanctis at the European Southern Observatory.- External links :... |
1981 ET | Jeannine Casarini, French teacher, member of the Tunguska99 scientific expedition to Central Siberia Tunguska event The Tunguska event, or Tunguska blast or Tunguska explosion, was an enormously powerful explosion that occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in what is now Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, at about 7:14 a.m... |
| 6365 Nickschneider 6365 Nickschneider 6365 Nickschneider is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 1, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.- External links :*... |
Nicholas McCord Schneider, American astronomer* | |
| 6366 Rainerwieler 6366 Rainerwieler 6366 Rainerwieler is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 24, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Rainer Wieler, Swiss geochemist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) † | |
| 6370 Malpais 6370 Malpais 6370 Malpais is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 9, 1984, by B. A. Skiff at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory.- External links :*... |
1984 EY | Spanish for "bad country"/"badlands", used by early explorers of the American Southwest to designate difficult-going countryside strewn with rough lava flows or rocks, and now used to designate the rock found in such country, used for stone building construction (1999 Flagstaff Festival of Science asteroid naming contest winner) † |
| 6371 Heinlein 6371 Heinlein 6371 Heinlein is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 15, 1985 by Bowell, E. at Anderson Mesa, named for Dieter Heinlein.- External links :*... |
1985 GS | Dieter Heinlein, meteorite Meteorite A meteorite is a natural object originating in outer space that survives impact with the Earth's surface. Meteorites can be big or small. Most meteorites derive from small astronomical objects called meteoroids, but they are also sometimes produced by impacts of asteroids... and tektite Tektite Tektites are natural glass rocks up to a few centimeters in size, which most scientists argue were formed by the impact of large meteorites on Earth's surface. Tektites are typically black or olive-green, and their shape varies from rounded to irregular.Tektites are among the "driest" rocks, with... collector for the Bavarian Meteorite Laboratory † ‡ |
| 6372 Walker 6372 Walker 6372 Walker is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 13, 1985 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
Robert M. Walker Robert M. Walker Robert Michael Walker was United States Under Secretary of the Army 1997-1998.-Biography:Robert M. Walker was born in Martin, Tennessee, in 1948. He attended the University of Tennessee. From 1969-1976, he worked as a staff assistant to Rep. Joe L. Evins .Walker joined the staff of Senator Jim... , American astronomer* |
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| 6373 Stern 6373 Stern 6373 Stern is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 5, 1986 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.- External links :*... |
1986 EZ | S. Alan Stern, astronomer* |
| 6374 Beslan 6374 Beslan 6374 Beslan is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 8, 1986 by L. I. Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.- External links :*... |
Beslan Beslan Beslan is a town and the administrative center of Pravoberezhny District of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia. In terms of population, Beslan is the third largest town in the republic behind Vladikavkaz and Mozdok... , Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... * |
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| 6375 Fredharris 6375 Fredharris 6375 Fredharris is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 1, 1986 by CERGA at Caussols.- External links :*... |
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| 6376 Schamp 6376 Schamp 6376 Schamp is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 29, 1987 by C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker at Palomar.It is said to be named after Americans stationed in Alice Springs, Larry and Becky Schamp, who cared for members of the Shoemaker family after an automobile accident in which Eugene... |
Larry and Becky Schamp, Americans stationed in Alice Springs, Australia, who took in members of the Shoemaker family after the car collision in which Eugene died | |
| 6377 Cagney 6377 Cagney 6377 Cagney is a main belt asteroid with a perihelion of 2.2040982 AU. It has an eccentricity of 0.1591612 and an orbital period of 1550.13 days .Cagney has an average orbital speed of 18.39643406 km/s and an inclination of 15.45078°.... |
James Cagney James Cagney James Francis Cagney, Jr. was an American actor, first on stage, then in film, where he had his greatest impact. Although he won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of performances, he is best remembered for playing "tough guys." In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him eighth... , American actor † |
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| 6379 Vrba 6379 Vrba 6379 Vrba is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1884.5199667 days . The asteroid was discovered on November 15, 1987.... |
Karel Vrba, Czech mineralogy professor † | |
| 6381 Toyama 6381 Toyama 6381 Toyama is a main-belt minor planet. It was discovered by Tetsuya Fujii and Kazuro Watanabe at the Kitami Observatory in Hokkaidō, Japan, on February 21, 1988. It is named after Miyuki Toyama, a Japanese amateur astronomer and space illustrator.-External links:*... |
Miyuki Toyama, Japanese amateur astronomer and illustrator | |
| 6383 Tokushima 6383 Tokushima 6383 Tokushima is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 12, 1988 by M. Iwamoto and T. Furuta at Tokushima.- External links :*... |
Tokushima-Kainan Astronomical Observatory, Tokushima Prefecture Tokushima Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on Shikoku island. The capital is the city of Tokushima.- Tokushima Prefecture and Myodo Prefecture :Long ago, Tokushima City belonged to a region known as Myōdō-gun... , Japan |
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| 6384 Kervin 6384 Kervin 6384 Kervin is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on January 3, 1989 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1989 AM | * |
| 6385 Martindavid 6385 Martindavid 6385 Martindavid is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 5, 1989 by A. Mrkos at Klet.- External links :*... |
Martin Alois David, Czech observatory director † | |
| 6386 Keithnoll 6386 Keithnoll 6386 Keithnoll is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on July 10, 1989 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Keith S. Noll, American astronomer* | |
| 6389 Ogawa 6389 Ogawa 6389 Ogawa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 21, 1990 by K. Endate at Kitami.- External links :*... |
1990 BX | Shigeo Ogawa, president of Seibundo-Shinkosha (publisher) |
| 6390 Hirabayashi 6390 Hirabayashi 6390 Hirabayashi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 26, 1990 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.- External links :*... |
Shigeto Hirabayashi, Japanese amateur astronomer* | |
| 6391 Africano 6391 Africano 6391 Africano is a main belt asteroid discovered on January 21, 1990, by E. F. Helin at the Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
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| 6392 Takashimizuno 6392 Takashimizuno 6392 Takashimizuno is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on April 29, 1990 by Y. Mizuno and T. Furuta at Kani.- External links :*... |
1990 HR | Takashi Mizuno, Japanese amateur astronomer* |
| 6395 Hilliard 6395 Hilliard 6395 Hilliard is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 21, 1990 by Kushida, Y., Muramatsu, O. at Yatsugatake.- External links :*... |
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| 6396 Schleswig 6396 Schleswig 6396 Schleswig is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 15, 1991 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.... |
Schleswig Schleswig Schleswig or South Jutland is a region covering the area about 60 km north and 70 km south of the border between Germany and Denmark; the territory has been divided between the two countries since 1920, with Northern Schleswig in Denmark and Southern Schleswig in Germany... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... /Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark... * |
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| 6398 Timhunter 6398 Timhunter 6398 Timhunter is a main belt asteroid. It is named for the American astronomer Tim Hunter.- External links :... |
Tim Hunter Tim Hunter (astronomer) Timothy B. Hunter, better known as Tim Hunter, is an American radiologist and amateur astronomer.- Education and profession :Tim Hunter received his M.D. degree from Northwestern University in 1968. He teaches as a professor of radiology and orthopaedic surgery at the University of Arizona College... , American amateur astronomer* |
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| 6399 Harada 6399 Harada 6399 Harada is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 3, 1991 by Seki, T. at Geisei.- External links :*... |
1991 GA | Shoji Harada, Japanese amateur astronomer † |
| 6400 Georgealexander 6400 Georgealexander 6400 Georgealexander is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 10, 1991 by E. F. Helin at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
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| 6401 Roentgen 6401 Roentgen 6401 Roentgen is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 15, 1991 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was a German physicist, who, on 8 November 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as X-rays or Röntgen rays, an achievement that earned him the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.... , German physicist and Nobelist †* |
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| 6402 Holstein 6402 Holstein 6402 Holstein is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 9, 1991 by Freimut Börngen at Tautenburg.- External links :*... |
Holstein Holstein Holstein is the region between the rivers Elbe and Eider. It is part of Schleswig-Holstein, the northernmost state of Germany.... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... * |
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| 6403 Steverin 6403 Steverin 6403 Steverin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 8, 1991 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1991 NU | * |
| 6404 Vanavara 6404 Vanavara 6404 Vanavara is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 6, 1991 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.- External links :*... |
Vanavara, town in Siberia near the Tunguska impact site † ‡ | |
| 6405 Komiyama 6405 Komiyama 6405 Komiyama is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 30, 1992 by Yoshio Kushida and Osamu Muramatsu at the Yatsugatake South Base Observatory.- External links :*... |
1992 HJ | Fukuji Komiyama, Japanese* |
| 6408 Saijo 6408 Saijo 6408 Saijo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 28, 1992 by K. Endate at Kitami.- External links :*... |
Yoshihiro Saijo, Japanese amateur astronomer | |
| 6410 Fujiwara 6410 Fujiwara 6410 Fujiwara is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 29, 1992 by S. Otomo at Kiyosato.- External links :*... |
Masato? Fujiwara, Japanese amateur astronomer* | |
| 6411 Tamaga 6411 Tamaga 6411 Tamaga is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on October 8, 1993 by R. H. McNaught at Siding Spring.- External links :*... |
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| 6412 Kaifu 6412 Kaifu 6412 Kaifu is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 15, 1993 by K. Endate at Kitami.... |
Norio Kaifu, Japanese astronomer | |
| 6413 Iye 6413 Iye 6413 Iye is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 15, 1993 by K. Endate at Kitami.- External links :*... |
Masanori Ie, Japanese astronomer | |
| 6414 Mizunuma 6414 Mizunuma 6414 Mizunuma is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 24, 1993 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.- External links :*... |
1993 UX | A part of Kurohone, Gunma Kurohone, Gunma Kurohone was a village located in Seta District, Gunma, Japan on the southeast slope of Mount Akagi. The village split the highest peak of the mountain with Fujimi.... , Japan |
| 6416 Nyukasayama 6416 Nyukasayama 6416 Nyukasayama is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 14, 1993 by M. Hirasawa and S. Suzuki at Nyukasa.- External links :*... |
Mount Nyūkasa, Nagano, Japan, | |
| 6417 Liberati 6417 Liberati 6417 Liberati is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 4, 1993 by A. Vagnozzi at Stroncone.- External links :*... |
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| 6418 Hanamigahara 6418 Hanamigahara 6418 Hanamigahara is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 8, 1993 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.- External links :*... |
1993 XJ | A part of Kurohone, Gunma Kurohone, Gunma Kurohone was a village located in Seta District, Gunma, Japan on the southeast slope of Mount Akagi. The village split the highest peak of the mountain with Fujimi.... , Japan |
| 6419 Susono 6419 Susono 6419 Susono is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 7, 1993 by M. Akiyama at Mishima.- External links :*... |
1993 XX | Susono, Shizuoka Susono, Shizuoka is a city in eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of February 2010, the city has an estimated population of 54,027 and a density of 390 persons per km²... , Japan, near the discoverers' observing site at Mishima Mishima, Shizuoka is a city located in eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 2009, the city has an estimated population of 112,078 and a population density of 1,800 persons per km². The total area is 62.13 km²... * |
| 6420 Riheijyaya 6420 Riheijyaya 6420 Riheijyaya is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 14, 1993 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.- External links :*... |
A part of Kurohone, Gunma Kurohone, Gunma Kurohone was a village located in Seta District, Gunma, Japan on the southeast slope of Mount Akagi. The village split the highest peak of the mountain with Fujimi.... , Japan |
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| 6422 Akagi 6422 Akagi 6422 Akagi is a main belt asteroid discovered on February 7, 1994 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.- External links :*... |
Mount Akagi Mount Akagi is a mountain in Gunma Prefecture, Japan.The broad, low dominantly andesitic stratovolcano rises above the northern end of the Kanto Plain. It contains an elliptical, 3 x 4 km summit caldera with post-caldera lava domes arranged along a NW-SE line. Lake Ono is located at the NE end of the... , Gunma, Japan |
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| 6423 Harunasan 6423 Harunasan 6423 Harunasan is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 13, 1994 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.- External links :*... |
Mount Haruna Mount Haruna is a dormant stratovolcano in Gunma, eastern Honshū, Japan.- Outline :Mount Haruna has many peaks and the tallest one, Mount Kamonga is 1,449 m high. It appeared about 300,000 years ago and the last known eruption was c. 550. The volcano has a summit caldera containing the symmetrical cone of... , Gunma, Japan |
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| 6424 Ando 6424 Ando 6424 Ando is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 14, 1994 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.- External links :*... |
Hiroyasu Ando, Japanese astronomer | |
| 6426 Vanýsek 6426 Vanýsek 6426 Vanýsek is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1377.7043427 days . The asteroid was discovered on March 2, 1995.... |
1995 ED | Vladimír Vanýsek, Czech astronomer † |
| 6428 Barlach 6428 Barlach 6428 Barlach is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 17, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
3513 P-L | Ernst Barlach Ernst Barlach Ernst Barlach was a German expressionist sculptor, printmaker and writer. Although he was a supporter of the war in the years leading to World War I, his participation in the war made him change his position, and he is mostly known for his sculptures protesting against the war... , German sculptor* |
| 6429 Brancusi 6429 Brancusi 6429 Brancusi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 26, 1971 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
4050 T-1 | Constantin Brâncuşi Constantin Brancusi Constantin Brâncuşi was a Romanian-born sculptor who made his career in France. As a child he displayed an aptitude for carving wooden farm tools. Formal studies took him first to Bucharest, then to Munich, then to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris... , Romanian sculptor † |
| 6432 Temirkanov 6432 Temirkanov 6432 Temirkanov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 3, 1975 by L. I. Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. Named after Soviet conductor Yuri Temirkanov.... |
Yuri Temirkanov Yuri Temirkanov Yuri Khatuevich Temirkanov is a Russian conductor of Circassian origin.Yuri Temirkanov has been the Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic since 1988.-Early life:... , Russian conductor † |
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| 6433 Enya 6433 Enya 6433 Enya is an asteroid discovered in 1978 named after the Irish musician Enya. It is in a 3.69 year orbit around the sun and lies between 279.7 million km, and 434.8 million km from the sun.-External links:... |
1978 WC | Enya Enya Enya is an Irish singer, instrumentalist and songwriter. Enya is an approximate transliteration of how Eithne is pronounced in the Donegal dialect of the Irish language, her native tongue.She began her musical career in 1980, when she briefly joined her family band Clannad before leaving to... (Eithne Ní Bhraonáin), Irish singer and songwriter † ‡ |
| 6434 Jewitt 6434 Jewitt 6434 Jewitt is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 26, 1981 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.- External links :*... |
1981 OH | David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , British astronomer |
| 6435 Daveross 6435 Daveross 6435 Daveross is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on February 24, 1984 by E. F. Helin and R. S. Dunbar at Palomar.- External links :... |
1984 DA | David Justin Ross, American entrepreur and mathematician. |
| 6436 Coco 6436 Coco 6436 Coco is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 13, 1985 by Carolyn Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
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| 6437 Stroganov 6437 Stroganov 6437 Stroganov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 28, 1987 by E. W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory.... |
The Stroganov family of Russia, who exploited the iron and gold mines of the Urals | |
| 6438 Suárez 6438 Suárez 6438 Suárez is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1215.0644911 days . The asteroid was discovered on January 18, 1988.-References:... |
Buenaventura Suárez, 17th-18th-century Argentine Jesuit and astronomer | |
| 6439 Tirol 6439 Tirol 6439 Tirol is a main-belt asteroid. It was discovered on February 13, 1988 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.- External links :*... |
1988 CV | Tyrol, Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... * |
| 6440 Ransome 6440 Ransome 6440 Ransome is an asteroid discovered in 1988 by Antonín Mrkos and named after the British children's author Arthur Ransome. It is in a 3.85 year orbit around the sun.... |
Arthur Ransome Arthur Ransome Arthur Michell Ransome was an English author and journalist, best known for writing the Swallows and Amazons series of children's books. These tell of school-holiday adventures of children, mostly in the Lake District and the Norfolk Broads. Many of the books involve sailing; other common subjects... , British novelist † |
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| 6441 Milenajesenská 6441 Milenajesenská 6441 Milenajesenská is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1359.5073236 days . The asteroid was discovered on September 9, 1988.... |
Milena Jesenská Milena Jesenská Milena Jesenská was a Czech journalist, writer, editor and translator, who refused to abandon her Jewish friends and was deported to and died alongside them in Ravensbrück concentration camp.... (1896–1944), Czech journalist † |
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| 6442 Salzburg 6442 Salzburg 6442 Salzburg is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 8, 1988 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.- External links :*... |
Salzburg Salzburg (state) Salzburg is a state or Land of Austria with an area of 7,156 km2, located adjacent to the German border. It is also known as Salzburgerland, to distinguish it from its capital city, also named Salzburg... , Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... * |
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| 6445 Bellmore 6445 Bellmore 6445 Bellmore is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 23, 1990 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.Named in honor of Tamara Bell and Michael More on the occasion of their wedding. They are graduates of the University of Arizona with degrees in political science and geology... |
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| 6446 Lomberg 6446 Lomberg 6446 Lomberg is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on August 18, 1990 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.- External links :*... |
1990 QL | Jon Lomberg Jon Lomberg Jon Lomberg is an American space artist and science journalist. He was Carl Sagan's principal artistic collaborator for more than twenty years on many projects from 1972 until 1996... , American artist † ‡ |
| 6447 Terrycole 6447 Terrycole 6447 Terrycole is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on October 14, 1990 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.- External links :*... |
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| 6449 Kudara 6449 Kudara 6449 Kudara is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 7, 1991 by T. Seki at Geisei.- External links :*... |
Japanese astronomer, second president of Oriental Astronomical Association† | |
| 6451 Kärnten 6451 Kärnten 6451 Kärnten is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1570.6498594 days . The asteroid was discovered on April 9, 1991.... |
Carinthia Carinthia (state) Carinthia is the southernmost Austrian state or Land. Situated within the Eastern Alps it is chiefly noted for its mountains and lakes.The main language is German. Its regional dialects belong to the Southern Austro-Bavarian group... , Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... * |
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| 6452 Johneuller 6452 Johneuller 6452 Johneuller is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 17, 1991 by T. Balonek at Foggy Bottom.- External links :*... |
1991 HA | John Euller, author and polar explorer* |
| 6456 Golombek 6456 Golombek 6456 Golombek is an Amor asteroid discovered on July 27, 1992 by Eleanor F. Helin, K. Lawrence at Palomar. For the chess player and author, see Harry Golombek.- External links :*... |
1992 OM | Matthew Philip Golombek, American planetary geologist † |
| 6457 Kremsmünster 6457 Kremsmünster 6457 Kremsmünster is an asteroid discovered by the German astronomers Freimut Börngen and Lutz D. Schmadel on September 2, 1992.It is named in honour of the Kremsmünster Abbey in Austria.- References :... |
1992 RT | Kremsmünster Kremsmünster Kremsmünster is a town in Kirchdorf an der Krems , in Upper Austria, Austria. Its population is 6,450, as of 2001. Settled in 777, it is home to the Kremsmünster Abbey.... , Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... , location of the observatory (Sternwarte Kremsmünster) of the Benedictine monastery* |
| 6458 Nouda 6458 Nouda 6458 Nouda is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 2, 1992 by T. Seki at Geisei.- External links :*... |
Tadasuke Nouda, Japanese astronomer † | |
| 6459 Hidesan 6459 Hidesan 6459 Hidesan is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 28, 1992 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.- External links :*... |
Hideo Sato, Japanese astronomer | |
| 6460 Bassano 6460 Bassano 6460 Bassano is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 26, 1992, by Quadri, U. and Strabla, L. at Bassano Bresciano.- External links :*... |
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| 6462 Myougi 6462 Myougi 6462 Myougi is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on January 9, 1994 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.- External links :*... |
Mount Myōgi Mount Myogi is one of the major mountains in the Gunma Prefecture, Japan. Well known for its rocks weathered into fantastic forms, this famous peak is ranked among Japan's three most noted places of rugged beauty... , Gunma, Japan* |
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| 6463 Isoda 6463 Isoda 6463 Isoda is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 13, 1994 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.- External links :*... |
Sachiko or Yukiko Isoda, Japanese* | |
| 6464 Kaburaki 6464 Kaburaki 6464 Kaburaki is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 1, 1994 by Y. Kushida at Yatsugatake.- External links :*... |
1994 CK | Masaki Kaburaki, Japanese astronomer* |
| 6465 Zvezdotchet 6465 Zvezdotchet 6465 Zvezdotchet is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 3, 1995 by T. V. Kryachko at Zelenchukskaya Sta.- External links :*... |
1995 EP | Zvezdochet, the Russian magazine for amateur astronomers* |
| 6467 Prilepina 6467 Prilepina 6467 Prilepina is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 14, 1979 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*... |
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| 6468 Welzenbach 6468 Welzenbach 6468 Welzenbach is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 2, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.- External links :*... |
Linda Welzenbach, American geologist, Collection Manager of the Meteorite Collection of the National Museum of Natural History National Museum of Natural History The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. Admission is free and the museum is open 364 days a year.... † |
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| 6469 Armstrong 6469 Armstrong 6469 Armstrong is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 14, 1982 by Mrkos, A. at Klet. It is named after Neil Armstrong.- External links :... |
1982 PC | Neil Armstrong Neil Armstrong Neil Alden Armstrong is an American former astronaut, test pilot, aerospace engineer, university professor, United States Naval Aviator, and the first person to set foot upon the Moon.... , Apollo 11 Apollo 11 In early 1969, Bill Anders accepted a job with the National Space Council effective in August 1969 and announced his retirement as an astronaut. At that point Ken Mattingly was moved from the support crew into parallel training with Anders as backup Command Module Pilot in case Apollo 11 was... astronaut † |
| 6470 Aldrin 6470 Aldrin 6470 Aldrin is a main belt asteroid discovered on September 14, 1982 by Mrkos, A. at Klet.- External links :*... |
Buzz Aldrin Buzz Aldrin Buzz Aldrin is an American mechanical engineer, retired United States Air Force pilot and astronaut who was the Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing in history... , Apollo 11 Apollo 11 In early 1969, Bill Anders accepted a job with the National Space Council effective in August 1969 and announced his retirement as an astronaut. At that point Ken Mattingly was moved from the support crew into parallel training with Anders as backup Command Module Pilot in case Apollo 11 was... astronaut † |
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| 6471 Collins 6471 Collins 6471 Collins is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 4, 1983 by Mrkos, A. at Klet.It is named after the Apollo 11 command module pilot Michael Collins.- External links :*... |
Michael Collins Michael Collins (astronaut) Michael Collins is a former American astronaut and test pilot. Selected as part of the third group of fourteen astronauts in 1963, he flew in space twice. His first spaceflight was Gemini 10, in which he and command pilot John Young performed two rendezvous with different spacecraft and Collins... , Italian-American Apollo 11 Apollo 11 In early 1969, Bill Anders accepted a job with the National Space Council effective in August 1969 and announced his retirement as an astronaut. At that point Ken Mattingly was moved from the support crew into parallel training with Anders as backup Command Module Pilot in case Apollo 11 was... astronaut † |
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| 6472 Rosema 6472 Rosema 6472 Rosema is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 15, 1985 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.- External links :*... |
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| 6473 Winkler 6473 Winkler 6473 Winkler is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 9, 1986 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.- External links :*... |
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| 6474 Choate 6474 Choate 6474 Choate is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 21, 1987, by Ted Bowell at Anderson Mesa Station.- External links :*... |
Dennis Choate, American astronomer or Larry Mercer Choate, American astronomer* | |
| 6475 Refugium 6475 Refugium 6475 Refugium is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 29, 1987 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*... |
Latin word for "refuge"* | |
| 6478 Gault 6478 Gault 6478 Gault is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 12, 1988 by C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Donald E. Gault, American planetary geologist | |
| 6479 Leoconnolly 6479 Leoconnolly 6479 Leoconnolly is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 15, 1988 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.- References :The actual name of George Clinton's mothership during Parliament Funkadelic's 1974 Mothership Connection tour.- External links :*... |
1988 LC | Leo Paul Connolly, American astronomer* |
| 6480 Scarlatti 6480 Scarlatti 6480 Scarlatti is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 12, 1988 by E. W. Elst at Haute-Provence Observatory.- External links :*... |
Domenico Scarlatti Domenico Scarlatti Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti was an Italian composer who spent much of his life in the service of the Portuguese and Spanish royal families. He is classified as a Baroque composer chronologically, although his music was influential in the development of the Classical style... , Italian composer and instrumentalist † |
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| 6481 Tenzing 6481 Tenzing 6481 Tenzing is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 9, 1988 by A. Mrkos at Klet.- External links :*... |
Tenzing Norgay Tenzing Norgay Padma Bhushan, Supradipta-Manyabara-Nepal-Tara Tenzing Norgay, GM born Namgyal Wangdi and often referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer... , Sherpa mountain climber † |
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| 6482 Steiermark 6482 Steiermark 6482 Steiermark is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 10, 1989 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.- External links :*... |
Styria Styria (state) Styria is a state or Bundesland, located in the southeast of Austria. In area it is the second largest of the nine Austrian federated states, covering 16,401 km². It borders Slovenia as well as the other Austrian states of Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Burgenland, and Carinthia. ... , Austria* |
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| 6483 Nikolajvasil'ev 6483 Nikolajvasil'ev 6483 Nikolajvasil'ev is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 2, 1990 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.- External links :*... |
Nikolai Vasil'ev, Russian scientific director of the Interdisciplinary Independent Tunguska Expeditions † ‡ | |
| 6484 Barthibbs 6484 Barthibbs 6484 Barthibbs is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 23, 1990 by Helin, E. F. at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Bart Hibbs, American physicist* | |
| 6485 Wendeesther 6485 Wendeesther 6485 Wendeesther is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on October 25, 1990 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*... |
Wendee Esther Wallach-Feldman (afterwards Wendee Wallach-Levy), former teacher. Married to astronomer David H. Levy David H. Levy David H. Levy is a Canadian astronomer and science writer most famous for his co-discovery in 1993 of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, which collided with the planet Jupiter in 1994.-Biography:... with whom she co-directs their private observatory (Jarnac Observatory) in Vail, Arizona http://www.cortlandbusiness.com/news/pressrelease.asp?RECORD_KEY%5BPressReleases%5D=dbID&dbID%5BPressReleases%5D=140 |
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| 6487 Tonyspear 6487 Tonyspear 6487 Tonyspear is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on April 8, 1991 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Tony Spear Tony Spear Anthony Spear is an American space exploration project manager most notable for leading the Mars Pathfinder mission for JPL/NASA in 1996. He retired from JPL in 1998. He is now seeking the Google Lunar X Prize with Red Whittaker, Astrobotic, and Carnegie Mellon University, where he received a B.S... , American engineer, latterly of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Jet Propulsion Laboratory Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center and NASA field center located in the San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles County, California, United States. The facility is headquartered in the city of Pasadena on the border of La Cañada Flintridge and Pasadena... * |
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| 6488 Drebach 6488 Drebach 6488 Drebach is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 10, 1991 by Borngen, F. at Tautenburg.-External links:*... |
Volkssternwarte Drebach (Drebach Drebach Drebach is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.... Public Observatory and planetarium), Germany † ‡ |
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| 6489 Golevka 6489 Golevka 6489 Golevka is an Apollo, Mars-crosser and Alinda asteroid, discovered in 1991 by Eleanor F. Helin.Its name has a complicated origin. In 1995, Golevka was studied simultaneously by three radar observatories across the world: Goldstone in California, Yevpatoria RT-70 radio telescope in Ukraine and... |
1991 JX | Goldstone Observatory/Evpatoria Eupatoria Yevpatoria or Eupatoria is a city in Crimea, Ukraine.-History:The first recorded settlement in the area, called Kerkinitis , was built by Greek colonists around 500 BC... /Kashima Kashima Kashima is the name of several places in Japan:*Kashima, Ibaraki, a city in Ibaraki Prefecture*Kashima, Saga, a city in Saga Prefecture*Kashima District, Ibaraki, a district in Ibaraki Prefecture... † |
| 6493 Cathybennett 6493 Cathybennett 6493 Cathybennett is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on February 2, 1992 by Helin, E. F. at Palomar.- External links :*... |
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| 6496 Kazuko 6496 Kazuko 6496 Kazuko is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 19, 1992 by K. Endate at Kitami.- External links :*... |
Kazuko Ōtsuka, Japanese* | |
| 6497 Yamasaki 6497 Yamasaki 6497 Yamasaki is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 27, 1992 by T. Seki at Geisei.- External links :*... |
Masamitsu Yamasaki, Japanese astronomer † | |
| 6498 Ko 6498 Ko 6498 Ko is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1257.8893246 days . The asteroid was discovered on October 26, 1992.-References:... |
Ko Nagasawa, worker at the University of Tokyo's Earthquake Research Institute and the Public Information Office at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. | |
| 6499 Michiko 6499 Michiko 6499 Michiko is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 27, 1992 by M. Hirasawa and S. Suzuki at Nyukasa.- External links :*... |
Michiko Hirasawa, wife of one of discoverers | |
| 6500 Kodaira 6500 Kodaira 6500 Kodaira is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on March 15, 1993 by K. Endate at Kitami.- External links :*... |
1993 ET | Keiichi Kodaira, Japanese astronomer |