1967 Menzel
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1967 Menzel is an asteroid
. It was discovered by Max Wolf
on November 1, 1905. Its provisional designation was A905 VC. It was named after Donald Howard Menzel
, an American astronomer.
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...
. It was discovered by Max Wolf
Max Wolf
Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf was a German astronomer and a pioneer in the field of astrophotography...
on November 1, 1905. Its provisional designation was A905 VC. It was named after Donald Howard Menzel
Donald Howard Menzel
Donald Howard Menzel was one of the first theoretical astronomers and astrophysicists in the US. He discovered the physical properties of the solar chromosphere, the chemistry of stars, the atmosphere of Mars, and the nature of gaseous neblulae.-Biography:Born in Florence, Colorado in 1901 and...
, an American astronomer.