80652 Albertoangela
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80652 Albertoangela is a main-belt
minor planet
. It was discovered at the Cavezzo Observatory in Cavezzo
, Italy, on January 16, 2000. It is named after Alberto Angela
, an Italian science writer and television presenter.
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...
minor planet
Minor planet
An asteroid group or minor-planet group is a population of minor planets that have a share broadly similar orbits. Members are generally unrelated to each other, unlike in an asteroid family, which often results from the break-up of a single asteroid...
. It was discovered at the Cavezzo Observatory in Cavezzo
Cavezzo
Cavezzo is a comune in the Province of Modena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 45 km northwest of Bologna and about 20 km northeast of Modena...
, Italy, on January 16, 2000. It is named after Alberto Angela
Alberto Angela
- Biography :Alberto Angela was born in Paris.He accompanied his father, the well-known Italian TV announcer Piero Angela, on his trips ever since he was a child, something that allowed him to learn many European languages and to appropriate a cosmopolitan culture...
, an Italian science writer and television presenter.