1079 Mimosa
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1079 Mimosa is a minor planet
orbiting the Sun
discovered on January 14 in 1927 by George Van Biesbroeck
. Initially it received the designation 1927 AD due ti its year of discovery The numerical designation indicates this was the 1079th asteroid discovered. It is named after the Mimosa
genus of shrubs.
Minor planet
An asteroid group or minor-planet group is a population of minor planets that have a share broadly similar orbits. Members are generally unrelated to each other, unlike in an asteroid family, which often results from the break-up of a single asteroid...
orbiting the Sun
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields...
discovered on January 14 in 1927 by George Van Biesbroeck
George Van Biesbroeck
George A. Van Biesbroeck was a Belgian-American astronomer. He worked at observatories in Belgium, Germany and the United States. He specialized in the observation of double stars, asteroids and comets...
. Initially it received the designation 1927 AD due ti its year of discovery The numerical designation indicates this was the 1079th asteroid discovered. It is named after the Mimosa
Mimosa
Mimosa is a genus of about 400 species of herbs and shrubs, in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the legume family Fabaceae. The generic name is derived from the Greek word μιμος , meaning "mimic."...
genus of shrubs.