24988 Alainmilsztajn
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24988 Alainmilsztajn is a main-belt
minor planet
. It was discovered through the OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey
in Caussols
, Alpes-Maritimes
, France, on June 19, 1998. It is named after Alain Milsztajn, a French particle physicist and astronomer.
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 through the OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey
OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey
The OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey was a European scientific project to search for asteroids and comets. This project was the joint work of the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur in France and the Deutschen Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt in Germany...
in Caussols
Caussols
Caussols is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France, It is known for the CERGA Observatory on the plateau de Calern.-Demographics:-References:*...
, Alpes-Maritimes
Alpes-Maritimes
Alpes-Maritimes is a department in the extreme southeast corner of France.- History : was created by Octavian as a Roman military district in 14 BC, and became a full Roman province in the middle of the 1st century with its capital first at Cemenelum and subsequently at Embrun...
, France, on June 19, 1998. It is named after Alain Milsztajn, a French particle physicist and astronomer.