5006 Teller
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5006 Teller is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on April 5, 1989 by E. F. Helin at Palomar
. It is named for Edward Teller
(Ede Teller), a Hungarian-born American physicist, colloquially known as the "Father of the Atomic Bomb," a title he considered to be in poor taste.
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 April 5, 1989 by E. F. Helin at Palomar
Palomar Observatory
Palomar Observatory is a privately owned observatory located in San Diego County, California, southeast of Pasadena's Mount Wilson Observatory, in the Palomar Mountain Range. At approximately elevation, it is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology...
. It is named for Edward Teller
Edward Teller
Edward Teller was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist, known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb," even though he did not care for the title. Teller made numerous contributions to nuclear and molecular physics, spectroscopy , and surface physics...
(Ede Teller), a Hungarian-born American physicist, colloquially known as the "Father of the Atomic Bomb," a title he considered to be in poor taste.