Asteroid (2842) Unsold

Discovered by the Indiana Asteroid Program, Goethe Link Observatory, University of Indiana. This program was conceived and directed by F. K. Edmondson; the plates were blinked and measured astrometrically by B. Potter and, following her retirement, by D. Owings; and the photometry was performed under the direction of T. Gehrels. During the years 1947-1967, in which the plates were exposed, a large number of people participated in various aspects of the program.

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Asteroid (1422) Stromgrenia

1422 Stromgrenia (1936 QF)          Discovered 1936-Aug-23 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg

Bengt Georg Daniel Strömgren (21 January 1908 – 4 July 1987) was a Danish astronomer and astrophysicist.

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Asteroid (1123) Shapleya

(1123) Shapleya is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. The time it takes to complete one rotation is greater than 20 hours. It was discovered by Grigory Nikolaevich Neujmin on September 21, 1928 at Simeïs. It was named after Harlow Shapley, the American astronomer and director of Harvard Observatory.

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Asteroid (1770) Schlesinger

Frank Schlesinger (May 11, 1871 New York City – July 10, 1943 Old Lyme, Connecticut) was an American astronomer. His work concentrated on using photographic plates rather than direct visual studies for astronomical research.

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Asteroid (12136) Martinryle

 

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Asteroid (6886) Grote

6886 Grote (1942 CG) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 11, 1942 by L. Oterma at Turku. It is named for American radio astronomer Grote Reber (b. 1911, d. 2002), pioneer radioastronomer.

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Asteroid (7331) Balindblad

7331 Balindblad (1985 TV) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 15, 1985 by E. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory.

Bertil Lindblad (Örebro, 26 November 1895 – Saltsjöbaden (outside Stockholm, 25 June 1965) was a Swedish astronomer.

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Asteroid (1448) Lindbladia

(1448) Lindbladia (1938 DF) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 16, 1938 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.

Bertil Lindblad (Örebro, 26 November 1895 – Saltsjöbaden (outside Stockholm, 25 June 1965) was a Swedish astronomer.

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Asteroid (11769) Alfredjoy

 

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Asteroid (1693) Hertzsprung

1693 Hertzsprung (1935 LA) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 5, 1935 by Hendrik van Gent at Johannesburg (Leiden Southern Station).

Ejnar Hertzsprung (8 October 1873 – 21 October 1967) was a Danish chemist and astronomer.

Hertzsprung was born in Copenhagen. In the period 1911–1913, together with Henry Norris Russell, he developed the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

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