3039 Yangel
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3039 Yangel is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on September 26, 1978 by L. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj. It is named for the missile designer Mikhail Yangel
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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 September 26, 1978 by L. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj. It is named for the missile designer Mikhail Yangel
Mikhail Yangel
Mikhail Kuzmich Yangel , was a leading missile designer in the Soviet Union....
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