10025 Rauer
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10025 Rauer is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on March 16, 1980 by Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist
at the European Southern Observatory
. It is named after German planetary astronomer Heike Rauer.
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 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....
at the European Southern Observatory
European Southern Observatory
The European Southern Observatory is an intergovernmental research organisation for astronomy, supported by fifteen countries...
. It is named after German planetary astronomer Heike Rauer.