4570 Runcorn
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4570 Runcorn is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on August 14, 1985 by Ted Bowell
at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory. It was named after British geophysicist Keith Runcorn
(1922–1995).
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 14, 1985 by Ted Bowell
Edward L. G. Bowell
Edward L. G. Bowell , known as "Ted", is an American astronomer. Bowell was educated at Emanuel School London, University College, London, and the Université de Paris....
at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory. It was named after British geophysicist Keith Runcorn
Keith Runcorn
Stanley Keith Runcorn FRS was a British physicist whose paleomagnetic reconstruction of the relative motions of Europe and America revived the theory of continental drift and was a major contribution to plate tectonics.-Biography:He was born in Southport, Lancashire and graduated in engineering...
(1922–1995).