4783 Wasson
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4783 Wasson is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on January 12, 1983 by C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory
. The asteroid was named after John Wasson, a professor and researcher of cosmological chemistry at UCLA.
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 January 12, 1983 by C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker 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...
. The asteroid was named after John Wasson, a professor and researcher of cosmological chemistry at UCLA.