4217 Engelhardt
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4217 Engelhardt is an asteroid
, discovered on January 24, 1988 by Carolyn S. Shoemaker
at Palomar Observatory
. Its provisional designation was 1988 BO2. It is named after the Baltic German geologist and mineralogist Wolf von Engelhardt
(1910–2008).
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, 1988 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 Observatory
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...
. Its provisional designation was 1988 BO2. It is named after the Baltic German geologist and mineralogist Wolf von Engelhardt
Wolf von Engelhardt
Wolf Jürgen Baron von Engelhardt was a German geologist and mineralogist.He was a descendant of a Baltic German noble family Engelhardt.The asteroid 4217 Engelhardt is named in his honour.-References:...
(1910–2008).