3313 Mendel
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3313 Mendel is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on February 19, 1980 by A. Mrkos at Klet
, and named after Gregor Mendel
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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 February 19, 1980 by A. Mrkos at Klet
Klet
The Kleť is a mountain located in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, near the town of Český Krumlov. It rises above sea level, and on a clear day affords a view of the Alps to the South....
, and named after Gregor Mendel
Gregor Mendel
Gregor Johann Mendel was an Austrian scientist and Augustinian friar who gained posthumous fame as the founder of the new science of genetics. Mendel demonstrated that the inheritance of certain traits in pea plants follows particular patterns, now referred to as the laws of Mendelian inheritance...
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