203823 Zdanavicius
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203823 Zdanavicius is a Main-Belt
minor planet
. It was discovered by Kazimieras Černis at the Palomar Observatory
in San Diego County
, California
, on October 5, 2002. It is named after Kazimieras Zdanavicius, a Lithuania
n researcher and a co-creator of the Vilnius photometric system
.
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...
minor planet
Minor planet
An asteroid group or minor-planet group is a population of minor planets that have a share broadly similar orbits. Members are generally unrelated to each other, unlike in an asteroid family, which often results from the break-up of a single asteroid...
. It was discovered by Kazimieras Černis at the Palomar Observatory
Palomar Observatory
Palomar Observatory is a privately owned observatory located in San Diego County, California, southeast of Pasadena's Mount Wilson Observatory, in the Palomar Mountain Range. At approximately elevation, it is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology...
in San Diego County
San Diego County, California
San Diego County is a large county located in the southwestern corner of the US state of California. Hence, San Diego County is also located in the southwestern corner of the 48 contiguous United States. Its county seat and largest city is San Diego. Its population was about 2,813,835 in the 2000...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, on October 5, 2002. It is named after Kazimieras Zdanavicius, a Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
n researcher and a co-creator of the Vilnius photometric system
Vilnius photometric system
The Vilnius photometric system is a medium-band seven-colour photometric system , created in 1963 by Vytautas Straižys and his coworkers. This system was highly optimized for classification of stars from ground based observations...
.