2596 Vainu Bappu
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2596 Vainu Bappu is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on May 19, 1979 by R. M. West at La Silla.
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 May 19, 1979 by R. M. West at La Silla.