2168 Swope
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2168 Swope is the name of an asteroid
which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory
near Brooklyn, Indiana
by the Indiana Asteroid Program
. It is named for American astronomer Henrietta Hill Swope
.
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...
which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory
Goethe Link Observatory
The Goethe Link Observatory is an astronomical observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana , owned by Indiana University and operated by the Indiana Astronomical Society. It is named in honour of Dr. Goethe Link, an Indianapolis surgeon, who built it with his private funds. Construction of the observatory...
near Brooklyn, Indiana
Brooklyn, Indiana
Brooklyn is a town in Clay Township, Morgan County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,598 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Brooklyn is located at ....
by the Indiana Asteroid Program
Indiana Asteroid Program
The Indiana Asteroid Program was a program of photographic asteroid observations made with a 10-inch f/6.5 Cooke triplet astrographic camera at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana. The program was initiated by Frank K. Edmondson of Indiana University in 1949 and continued until 1967...
. It is named for American astronomer Henrietta Hill Swope
Henrietta Hill Swope
Henrietta Hill Swope was an American astronomer. She was the daughter of Gerard Swope, and niece of Herbert Bayard Swope.Swope worked with Walter Baade and is credited with several important papers....
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