1617 Alschmitt
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1617 Alschmitt is a main belt
asteroid
discovered on March 20, 1952 by Louis Boyer
at Algiers
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Boyer named the asteroid after his colleague, astronomer Alfred Schmitt
who, 20 years earlier, had named the asteroid 1215 Boyer
in his honor.
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 March 20, 1952 by Louis Boyer
Louis Boyer (astronomer)
Louis Boyer was a French astronomer.He worked at the Algiers Observatory and discovered a number of asteroids.The asteroid 1215 Boyer was named after him by his colleague in Algiers, Alfred Schmitt...
at Algiers
Algiers
' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...
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Boyer named the asteroid after his colleague, astronomer Alfred Schmitt
Alfred Schmitt
Alfred Schmitt was a French astronomer.Schmitt worked at Algiers Observatory in the 1930s and 1940s and at the Royal Observatory in Uccle, Belgium in the 1950s.He is credited with having discovered a number of asteroids.-Publications:...
who, 20 years earlier, had named the asteroid 1215 Boyer
1215 Boyer
1215 Boyer is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 19, 1932 by Alfred Schmitt at Algiers.Schmitt named the asteroid in honor of his colleague in Algiers, Louis Boyer.- External links :*...
in his honor.