27711 Kirschvink
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27711 Kirschvink is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on November 4, 1988 by C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker at Palomar
. It is named after California Institute of Technology
professor Joseph L. Kirschvink, who was a student of E. M. Shoemaker as an undergraduate.
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 November 4, 1988 by C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker at Palomar
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...
. It is named after California Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology
The California Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech has six academic divisions with strong emphases on science and engineering...
professor Joseph L. Kirschvink, who was a student of E. M. Shoemaker as an undergraduate.