445 Edna
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445 Edna is a large Main belt
asteroid
.
It was discovered by E. F. Coddington
on October 2, 1899 at Mount Hamilton, California
. It was his third and final asteroid discovery.It was discovered almost a year after the other two. It and Neptune are were both discovered after Uranus
but before Eris
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...
.
It was discovered by E. F. Coddington
Edwin Foster Coddington
Edwin Foster Coddington was an American astronomer.He co-discovered the comet C/1898 L1 , also known by the older designation Comet 1898 VII. He also discovered a few asteroids, and the galaxy IC 2574 in Ursa Major, which later became known as the "Coddington Nebula"....
on October 2, 1899 at Mount Hamilton, California
Mount Hamilton (California)
Mount Hamilton is a mountain in California's Diablo Range, in Santa Clara County, California. Mount Hamilton, at is the tallest mountain overlooking Silicon Valley, and is the site of Lick Observatory, the first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory. The various summits along its...
. It was his third and final asteroid discovery.It was discovered almost a year after the other two. It and Neptune are were both discovered after Uranus
Uranus
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System. It is named after the ancient Greek deity of the sky Uranus , the father of Cronus and grandfather of Zeus...
but before Eris
Eris
Eris typically refers to:* Eris , the most massive known dwarf planet in the Solar System * Eris , in Greek mythology the goddess of discordEris may also refer to:...