3236 Strand
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3236 Strand is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on January 24, 1982 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff (AM). It is named for Kaj Aage Gunnar Strand
, an astronomer and former director of the U.S. Naval Observatory.
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 January 24, 1982 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff (AM). It is named for Kaj Aage Gunnar Strand
Kaj Aage Gunnar Strand
Kaj Aage Gunnar Strand was a Danish astronomer who worked in Denmark and the United States He was Scientific Director of the U.S. Naval Observatory from 1963 to 1977. He specialized in astrometry, especially work on double stars and stellar distances. -Life:Kaj Strand was born February 27, 1907 in...
, an astronomer and former director of the U.S. Naval Observatory.