1819 Laputa
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1819 Laputa is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on August 9, 1948 by Ernest Johnson
at Johannesburg (UO).
Asteroid belt
The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets...
asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
discovered on August 9, 1948 by Ernest Johnson
Ernest Leonard Johnson
Ernest Leonard Johnson was a South African astronomer.He was a former staff member of Union Observatory, retiring in 1956.He discovered a number of asteroids, and several comets, including periodic comet 48P/Johnson.-External references:...
at Johannesburg (UO).