3788 Steyaert
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3788 Steyaert is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on August 29, 1986 by H. Debehogne at the European Southern Observatory
. It is named after the Belgian astronomer Chris Steyaert (1955).
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 August 29, 1986 by H. Debehogne at the European Southern Observatory
European Southern Observatory
The European Southern Observatory is an intergovernmental research organisation for astronomy, supported by fifteen countries...
. It is named after the Belgian astronomer Chris Steyaert (1955).