14966 Jurijvega
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14966 Jurijvega is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on July 30, 1997 by Herman Mikuž at the Črni Vrh Observatory
in Slovenia
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On May 9, 2001 it was named after baron Jurij Vega
, a late 18th-century Slovene mathematician and physicist.
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 July 30, 1997 by Herman Mikuž at the Črni Vrh Observatory
Crni Vrh Observatory
The Črni Vrh Observatory is located in Western Slovenia, close to the settlement Črni Vrh, near the town of Idrija. The current observatory was built in 1985, and is at an altitude of 730 metres...
in Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
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On May 9, 2001 it was named after baron Jurij Vega
Jurij Vega
Baron Jurij Bartolomej Vega was a Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer.-Early life:...
, a late 18th-century Slovene mathematician and physicist.