2261 Keeler
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2261 Keeler is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on April 20, 1977 by A. R. Klemola at Mount Hamilton
. It is named for the astronomer James Edward Keeler, who also discovered two asteroids (452 Hamiltonia
and (20958) A900 MA in 1899 and 1900)
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 April 20, 1977 by A. R. Klemola at Mount Hamilton
Lick Observatory
The Lick Observatory is an astronomical observatory, owned and operated by the University of California. It is situated on the summit of Mount Hamilton, in the Diablo Range just east of San Jose, California, USA...
. It is named for the astronomer James Edward Keeler, who also discovered two asteroids (452 Hamiltonia
452 Hamiltonia
452 Hamiltonia is an asteroid. It was discovered by James Edward Keeler on December 6, 1899, but was then lost until 1987. Its provisional name was 1899 FD. The asteroid is named for Mount Hamilton, the site of Lick Observatory where Keeler was working when he discovered the asteroid.L. K...
and (20958) A900 MA in 1899 and 1900)