10870 Gwendolen
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10870 Gwendolen is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on September 25, 1996 by G. C. L. Aikman at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria. It was named for Gwendolen Aikman, the mother of the asteroid's discoverer.
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 September 25, 1996 by G. C. L. Aikman at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria. It was named for Gwendolen Aikman, the mother of the asteroid's discoverer.