4444 Escher
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4444 Escher is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on September 16, 1985 by H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen, Leif Hansen and Per Rex Christensen at the European Southern Observatory
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It was named after the artist M. C. Escher
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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 16, 1985 by H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen, Leif Hansen and Per Rex Christensen at the European Southern Observatory
European Southern Observatory
The European Southern Observatory is an intergovernmental research organisation for astronomy, supported by fifteen countries...
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It was named after the artist M. C. Escher
M. C. Escher
Maurits Cornelis Escher , usually referred to as M. C. Escher , was a Dutch graphic artist. He is known for his often mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints...
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