15379 Alefranz
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15379 Alefranz is a main belt
asteroid
discovered on August 29, 1997 by P. Sicoli and P. Chiavenna at Sormano
. It is named after the Milanese
comedy duo Ale e Franz, long-time friends of the aforementioned Chiavenna.
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 August 29, 1997 by P. Sicoli and P. Chiavenna at Sormano
Sormano
Sormano is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km north of Milan and about 15 km northeast of Como....
. It is named after the Milanese
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
comedy duo Ale e Franz, long-time friends of the aforementioned Chiavenna.