1373 Cincinnati
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1373 Cincinnati is a Main belt asteroid
. It has a somewhat irregular orbit
. Otherwise it is probably a typical member of the belt.
Cincinnati was discovered by the famous US astronomer
Edwin Hubble
on August 30, 1935. It was his only asteroid discovery. It is named after the Cincinnati Observatory
, whose staff did most of the orbit computations.
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
. It has a somewhat irregular orbit
Orbit
In physics, an orbit is the gravitationally curved path of an object around a point in space, for example the orbit of a planet around the center of a star system, such as the Solar System...
. Otherwise it is probably a typical member of the belt.
Cincinnati was discovered by the famous US astronomer
Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...
Edwin Hubble
Edwin Hubble
Edwin Powell Hubble was an American astronomer who profoundly changed the understanding of the universe by confirming the existence of galaxies other than the Milky Way - our own galaxy...
on August 30, 1935. It was his only asteroid discovery. It is named after the Cincinnati Observatory
Cincinnati Observatory
The Cincinnati Observatory, located in Cincinnati, Ohio on top of Mt. Lookout. It consists of two observatory buildings housing an 11 inch and 16 inch aperture refracting telescope. It is the oldest professional observatory in the United States...
, whose staff did most of the orbit computations.