234750 Amymainzer
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234750 Amymainzer is an outer main belt asteroid. It was discovered by NEAT on July 8, 2002 at Palomar Observatory
. 234750 Amymainzer is named after Amy Mainzer
, an American
astronomer
, specializing in astrophysical instrumentation and infrared astronomy.
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...
. 234750 Amymainzer is named after Amy Mainzer
Amy Mainzer
Amy Mainzer is an American astronomer, specializing in astrophysical instrumentation and infrared astronomy. She is the Deputy Project Scientist for the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and the Principal Investigator for the NEOWISE project to study minor planets. She has appeared a number of...
, an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
astronomer
Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...
, specializing in astrophysical instrumentation and infrared astronomy.