12252 Gwangju
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12252 Gwangju is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on November 8, 1988 by M. Koishikawa at Sendai Astronomical Observatory Ayashi station.
It was named after Gwangju
metropolitan city, a sister city of Sendai.
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 November 8, 1988 by M. Koishikawa at Sendai Astronomical Observatory Ayashi station.
It was named after Gwangju
Gwangju
Gwangju is the sixth largest city in South Korea. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister...
metropolitan city, a sister city of Sendai.