3430 Bradfield
Encyclopedia
3430 Bradfield is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on October 9, 1980 by Carolyn S. Shoemaker
at Palomar
.
Named in honor of William A. Bradfield, rocket engineer of Dernancourt,
South Australia
. Discoverer of twelve comets, Bradfield has been chiefly
responsible for the greatly increased rate of discovery of bright comets
from the southern hemisphere during the 1970s and 1980s.
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 October 9, 1980 by Carolyn S. Shoemaker
Carolyn S. Shoemaker
Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker is an American astronomer and is a co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9. She holds the record for most comets discovered by an individual.- Personal life :...
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...
.
Named in honor of William A. Bradfield, rocket engineer of Dernancourt,
South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
. Discoverer of twelve comets, Bradfield has been chiefly
responsible for the greatly increased rate of discovery of bright comets
from the southern hemisphere during the 1970s and 1980s.