19318 Somanah
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19318 Somanah is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on December 2, 1996 by F. Manca and M. Cavagna at Sormano
Astronomical Observatory. It has been named after Radhakhrishna Somanah, professor of physics and astrophysics at the University of Mauritius.
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 December 2, 1996 by F. Manca and M. Cavagna 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....
Astronomical Observatory. It has been named after Radhakhrishna Somanah, professor of physics and astrophysics at the University of Mauritius.