71000 Hughdowns
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The asteroid
71000 Hughdowns, provisional designation , is named after American television host Hugh Downs
, popular for his co-hosting career on the ABC
news show 20/20. It was discovered on December 7, 1999 by Charles W. Juels
.
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...
71000 Hughdowns, provisional designation , is named after American television host Hugh Downs
Hugh Downs
Hugh Malcolm Downs is a long time American broadcaster, television host, news anchor, TV producer, author, game show host, and music composer; and is perhaps best known for his role as co-host the NBC News program Today from 1962 to 1971, host of the Concentration game show from 1958 to 1969, and...
, popular for his co-hosting career on the ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
news show 20/20. It was discovered on December 7, 1999 by Charles W. Juels
Charles W. Juels
Charles W. Juels was an American amateur astronomer. He was born in New York City, grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and graduated from Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1969. Juels was a prolific discoverer of asteroids, one of the top 30 discoverers of minor planets, with 315 to his credit...
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