4593 Reipurth
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The asteroid
4593 Reipurth was discovered on March 16, 1980, by Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist
. It was named in honor of Bo Reipurth, then a staff astronomer at the European Southern Observatory
in charge of the Schmidt Telescope. Reipurth was unaware of the asteroid's name until years later, when he found himself on an intercontinental flight with nothing to read except a list of minor planet names.
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...
4593 Reipurth was discovered on March 16, 1980, by Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist
Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist
Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist is a Swedish astronomer at the Uppsala Astronomical Observatory. He is known for his work on the shapes and spin properties of minor planets....
. It was named in honor of Bo Reipurth, then a staff astronomer at the European Southern Observatory
European Southern Observatory
The European Southern Observatory is an intergovernmental research organisation for astronomy, supported by fifteen countries...
in charge of the Schmidt Telescope. Reipurth was unaware of the asteroid's name until years later, when he found himself on an intercontinental flight with nothing to read except a list of minor planet names.