113355 Gessler
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113355 Gessler is an 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...

. It was discovered by Robert D. Matson on September 14, 2002. Its provisional name was . It was named after Nick Gessler, American co-director of UCLA's Human Complex Systems Program, and a prolific meteorite
Meteorite
A meteorite is a natural object originating in outer space that survives impact with the Earth's surface. Meteorites can be big or small. Most meteorites derive from small astronomical objects called meteoroids, but they are also sometimes produced by impacts of asteroids...

discoverer. It has an absolute magnitude of 15.7 and an orbital period of 1863.34 days.

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