4051 Hatanaka
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4051 Hatanaka is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on November 1, 1978 by Kōichirō Tomita
at Caussols
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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 November 1, 1978 by Kōichirō Tomita
Koichiro Tomita
was a Japanese astronomer.He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids;2252 CERGA, 3056 INAG, 3765 Texereau, 4051 Hatanaka.He is the author of at least one astronomy book about comets ....
at Caussols
Caussols
Caussols is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France, It is known for the CERGA Observatory on the plateau de Calern.-Demographics:-References:*...
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