2131 Mayall
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2131 Mayall is an inner main-belt asteroid
discovered on September 3, 1975 by A. R. Klemola at the Lick Observatory
and named in honor of Nicholas U. Mayall who worked at Lick for many years.
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 3, 1975 by A. R. Klemola at the Lick Observatory
Lick Observatory
The Lick Observatory is an astronomical observatory, owned and operated by the University of California. It is situated on the summit of Mount Hamilton, in the Diablo Range just east of San Jose, California, USA...
and named in honor of Nicholas U. Mayall who worked at Lick for many years.