Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets or planetoids, are small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun, smaller than planets but larger than meteoroids.... 3163 Randi was discovered on August 28, 1981 by Charles T. Kowal
Charles T. Kowal
Charles Thomas Kowal is an American astronomer.He discovered two natural satellite of Jupiter : Leda in 1974 and Themisto in 1975, although the latter was lost and not rediscovered until 2000.... at Palomar Observatory
Palomar Observatory
Palomar Observatory is a privately owned observatory located in San Diego County, California, 90 miles southeast of Mount Wilson Observatory, on Palomar Mountain in the Palomar Mountain Range.... , California
California
California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California.... . It has an orbital period
Orbital period
The orbital Periodicity is the time taken for a given object to make one complete orbit about another object.When mentioned without further qualification in astronomy this refers to the sidereal period of an astronomical object, which is calculated with respect to the stars.... of 3.705 year
Year
A year is the time between two recurrences of an event related to the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. By extension, this can be applied to any planet: for example, a "Martian year" is the time in which Mars completes its own orbit.... s and a semi-major axis of 2.395 AU
Astronomical unit
An astronomical unit is a unit of length based on the mean distance from the Earth to the Sun. The precise value of the AU is currently accepted as 149,597,870,691 Plus-minus sign 6 metres .... ) and is a Mars-crosser asteroid
Mars-crosser asteroid
A Mars-crosser asteroid is an asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Mars. The known numbered Mars-crossers are listed here. They include the two numbered Martian Trojan asteroids: 5261 Eureka and .... .
It is named in honour of the magician and debunker
Debunker
A debunker is an individual who discredits and exposes claims as being false, exaggerated or pretentious. The term is closely associated with scientific skepticism of topics such as Unidentified flying objects, claimed paranormal phenomena, conspiracy theories, alternative medicine, religion, research outside mainstream science or pseudoscie... James Randi
James Randi
James Randi is a Magician and Scientific skepticism best known as a challenger of paranormal claims and pseudoscience. Born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge,... .
Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets or planetoids, are small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun, smaller than planets but larger than meteoroids.... 3163 Randi was discovered on August 28, 1981 by Charles T. Kowal
Charles T. Kowal
Charles Thomas Kowal is an American astronomer.He discovered two natural satellite of Jupiter : Leda in 1974 and Themisto in 1975, although the latter was lost and not rediscovered until 2000.... at Palomar Observatory
Palomar Observatory
Palomar Observatory is a privately owned observatory located in San Diego County, California, 90 miles southeast of Mount Wilson Observatory, on Palomar Mountain in the Palomar Mountain Range.... , California
California
California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California.... . It has an orbital period
Orbital period
The orbital Periodicity is the time taken for a given object to make one complete orbit about another object.When mentioned without further qualification in astronomy this refers to the sidereal period of an astronomical object, which is calculated with respect to the stars.... of 3.705 year
Year
A year is the time between two recurrences of an event related to the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. By extension, this can be applied to any planet: for example, a "Martian year" is the time in which Mars completes its own orbit.... s and a semi-major axis of 2.395 AU
Astronomical unit
An astronomical unit is a unit of length based on the mean distance from the Earth to the Sun. The precise value of the AU is currently accepted as 149,597,870,691 Plus-minus sign 6 metres .... ) and is a Mars-crosser asteroid
Mars-crosser asteroid
A Mars-crosser asteroid is an asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Mars. The known numbered Mars-crossers are listed here. They include the two numbered Martian Trojan asteroids: 5261 Eureka and .... .
It is named in honour of the magician and debunker
Debunker
A debunker is an individual who discredits and exposes claims as being false, exaggerated or pretentious. The term is closely associated with scientific skepticism of topics such as Unidentified flying objects, claimed paranormal phenomena, conspiracy theories, alternative medicine, religion, research outside mainstream science or pseudoscie... James Randi
James Randi
James Randi is a Magician and Scientific skepticism best known as a challenger of paranormal claims and pseudoscience. Born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge,... .
