18235 Lynden-Bell
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18235 Lynden-Bell is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on September 29, 1979 by C. J. van Houten
and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by T. Gehrels. Like many asteroid belt bodies, it has an orbit of about 5,5 years.
The asteroid is named for astronomer Donald Lynden-Bell
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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 September 29, 1979 by C. J. van Houten
Cornelis Johannes van Houten
Cornelis Johannes van Houten was a Dutch astronomer, sometimes referred to as Kees van Houten.Born in The Hague, he spent his entire career at Leiden University except for a brief period as research assistant at Yerkes Observatory...
and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by T. Gehrels. Like many asteroid belt bodies, it has an orbit of about 5,5 years.
The asteroid is named for astronomer Donald Lynden-Bell
Donald Lynden-Bell
Donald Lynden-Bell CBE FRS is an English astrophysicist, best known for his theories that galaxies contain massive black holes at their centre, and that such black holes are the principal source of energy in quasars. He was a co-recipient, with Maarten Schmidt, of the inaugural Kavli Prize for...
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