8788 Labeyrie
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8788 Labeyrie is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on November 1, 1978 by K. Tomita at Caussols
. It is named in honor of the French astronomer
s Antoine Émile Henry Labeyrie
and Catherine Labeyrie.
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 November 1, 1978 by K. Tomita at Caussols
Caussols
Caussols is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France, It is known for the CERGA Observatory on the plateau de Calern.-Demographics:-References:*...
. It is named in honor of the French astronomer
Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...
s Antoine Émile Henry Labeyrie
Antoine Émile Henry Labeyrie
Antoine Émile Henry Labeyrie is a French astronomer and holds since 1991 the "Observational Astrophysics" chair at the Collège de France....
and Catherine Labeyrie.