216428 Mauricio
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216428 Mauricio is a Main Belt
minor planet
. It was discovered by G. Muler and J. M. Ruiz at the Nazaret Observatory on December 23, 2008. It is named after Mauricio Muler, the grandfather of the first discoverer.
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 G. Muler and J. M. Ruiz at the Nazaret Observatory on December 23, 2008. It is named after Mauricio Muler, the grandfather of the first discoverer.