44016 Jimmypage
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44016 Jimmypage is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on November 30, 1997 by Mark Armstrong and Claire Armstrong
at Rolvenden
, Kent
, United Kingdom
.
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 30, 1997 by Mark Armstrong and Claire Armstrong
Claire Armstrong
Claire Armstrong is a British amateur astronomer. She is the wife of supernova hunter Mark Armstrong, and both work from Rolvenden , Kent, England. The asteroid 15967 Clairearmstrong was named in her honour by its discoverer, her husband....
at Rolvenden
Rolvenden
Rolvenden is a village and civil parish in the Ashford District of Kent, England. The village is located on the A28 Ashford to Hastings road, south-west of Tenterden.The settlement of Rolvenden Layne, south of Rolvenden, is also in the parish.-History:...
, Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
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