63145 Choemuseon
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63145 Choemuseon is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on December 4, 2000 by Y.-B. Jeon and B.-C. Lee at Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory. It was named after Choe Museon, a scientist in Goryeo dynasty who is best known for his gunpowder
-based weapons.
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 December 4, 2000 by Y.-B. Jeon and B.-C. Lee at Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory. It was named after Choe Museon, a scientist in Goryeo dynasty who is best known for his gunpowder
Gunpowder
Gunpowder, also known since in the late 19th century as black powder, was the first chemical explosive and the only one known until the mid 1800s. It is a mixture of sulfur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate - with the sulfur and charcoal acting as fuels, while the saltpeter works as an oxidizer...
-based weapons.