11409 Horkheimer
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11409 Horkheimer is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered March 19, 1999 by the Lowell Observatory
Near-Earth Object Search at the Anderson Mesa Station. It is named in honor of
Jack F. Horkheimer
(b. 1938 d. 2010), former executive director of the Miami Space-Transit Planetarium, who is best known as the creator and host of the television program Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer
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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 March 19, 1999 by the Lowell Observatory
Lowell Observatory
Lowell Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. Lowell Observatory was established in 1894, placing it among the oldest observatories in the United States, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965....
Near-Earth Object Search at the Anderson Mesa Station. It is named in honor of
Jack F. Horkheimer
Jack Horkheimer
Jack Horkheimer, born Foley Arthur Horkheimer , was the executive director of the Miami Space Transit Planetarium. He was best known for his astronomy show Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer, which started airing on PBS on November 4, 1976.-Early life:Jack Horkheimer was born in 1938 to a wealthy family...
(b. 1938 d. 2010), former executive director of the Miami Space-Transit Planetarium, who is best known as the creator and host of the television program Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer
Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer
Star Gazers is a five-minute astronomy show on public television previously hosted by Jack Foley Horkheimer, executive director of the Miami Space Transit Planetarium...
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