6122 Henrard
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6122 Henrard is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on September 21, 1987 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff
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It was named in honor of the Belgian mathematician and astronomer Jacques Henrard.
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 September 21, 1987 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff
Flagstaff, Arizona
Flagstaff is a city located in northern Arizona, in the southwestern United States. In 2010, the city's population was 65,870. The population of the Metropolitan Statistical Area was at 134,421 in 2010. It is the county seat of Coconino County...
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It was named in honor of the Belgian mathematician and astronomer Jacques Henrard.