1652 Hergé
Encyclopedia
1652 Hergé is a main belt
asteroid
discovered August 9, 1953 by Sylvain Julien Victor Arend
in Uccle, and named in honour of Georges Remi, also known as Hergé.
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 August 9, 1953 by Sylvain Julien Victor Arend
Sylvain Julien Victor Arend
Sylvain Julien Victor Arend was a Belgian astronomer born in Robelmont, Luxembourg . His main interest was astrometry.Together with Georges Roland, he discovered the bright comet C/1956 R1...
in Uccle, and named in honour of Georges Remi, also known as Hergé.
See also
- Asteroids list