6950 Simonek
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6950 Simonek is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on December 22, 1982 by François Dossin at Haute-Provence Observatory
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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 22, 1982 by François Dossin at Haute-Provence Observatory
Haute-Provence Observatory
The Observatoire de Haute-Provence was established in 1937 as a national facility for French astronomers. Astronomical observations began in 1943 using the 1.20 m telescope, and the first research papers based on observations made at the observatory were published in 1944...
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