13801 Kohlhase
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13801 Kohlhase is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered November 11, 1998 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search
at the Anderson Mesa Station This Asteroid belt is named after Charles Kohlhase
, a pioneer in the design, development and execution of planetary missions for more than four decades at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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 November 11, 1998 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search
Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search
Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search ' was a project designed to discover asteroids and comets that orbit near the Earth. The project, funded by NASA, was directed by Dr. Ted Bowell of Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona...
at the Anderson Mesa Station This Asteroid belt is named after Charles Kohlhase
Charles Kohlhase
Charles Kohlhase worked for forty years at NASA/JPL leading the design of several robotic deep-space planetary missions. He is also an author, game developer, lecturer, accomplished photographer, and environmentalist.-Early life:Kohlhase was born in Knoxville, Tennessee...
, a pioneer in the design, development and execution of planetary missions for more than four decades at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.