1974 Caupolican
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1974 Caupolican is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on July 18, 1968 by C. Torres on exposures by S. Cofre
and himself at the University of Chile, Cerro El Roble Station.
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 July 18, 1968 by C. Torres on exposures by S. Cofre
S. Cofre
S. Cofré is or was formally an astronomer of the University of Chile. In 1968, he co-discovered the asteroid Gilhutton from the Cerro El Roble astronomical observatory.- References :...
and himself at the University of Chile, Cerro El Roble Station.