4976 Choukyongchol
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4976 Choukyongchol is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on August 9, 1991 by K. Watanabe at JCPM Sapporo Station.
It is named after Korean astronomer Kyong-Chol Chou.
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 9, 1991 by K. Watanabe at JCPM Sapporo Station.
It is named after Korean astronomer Kyong-Chol Chou.