2000 Herschel
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2000 Herschel is an asteroid
discovered on July 29, 1960 by Joachim Schubart. It is named in honour of the English astronomer of German origin Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel who discovered Uranus
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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 29, 1960 by Joachim Schubart. It is named in honour of the English astronomer of German origin Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel who discovered Uranus
Uranus
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System. It is named after the ancient Greek deity of the sky Uranus , the father of Cronus and grandfather of Zeus...
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