77136 Mendillo
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77136 Mendillo is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on February 26, 2001 by the Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey
at Cima Ekar
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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 February 26, 2001 by the Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey
Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey
The Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey is a project to search for comets and asteroids, with special emphasis on near-Earth objects.It is a joint venture between the Department of Astronomy of the University of Padua and the DLR - Institute of Space Sensor Technology and Planetary Exploration at...
at Cima Ekar
Cima Ekar
Cima Ekar is a ridge located about 4 km east of and about 350 m higher than the Italian town of Asiago. On the crest of this ridge sits the Asiago Astrophysical Observatory, home of a 67/92-cm Schmidt telescope and the 182-cm telescope dedicated to Nicholas Copernicus, the largest telescope...
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