19612 Noordung
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19612 Noordung is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on July 17, 1999 at Črni Vrh Observatory
. It is named after Herman Potočnik Noordung
, a Slovene rocket engineer and pioneer of cosmonautics.
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 July 17, 1999 at Črni Vrh Observatory
Crni Vrh Observatory
The Črni Vrh Observatory is located in Western Slovenia, close to the settlement Črni Vrh, near the town of Idrija. The current observatory was built in 1985, and is at an altitude of 730 metres...
. It is named after Herman Potočnik Noordung
Herman Potocnik
Herman Potočnik was an Austro-Hungarian rocket engineer and pioneer of cosmonautics . He is chiefly remembered for his work addressing the long-term human habitation of space.- Early life :Potočnik was born in Pola, southern Istria, Austria-Hungary...
, a Slovene rocket engineer and pioneer of cosmonautics.