8323 Krimigis
Encyclopedia
8323 Krimigis is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on October 17, 1979 by E. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory. Named after Dr Stamatios Krimigis
. The I.A.U. in 1999 named asteroid "8323 Krimigis", (previously 1979 UH) in his honor.
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 October 17, 1979 by E. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory. Named after Dr Stamatios Krimigis
Stamatios Krimigis
Stamatios M. Krimigis is a Greek-American scientist in space exploration. He has contributed to the majority of the United States' unmanned space exploration programs of the Solar system and beyond. He has contributed to exploration missions to almost every planet of our solar system...
. The I.A.U. in 1999 named asteroid "8323 Krimigis", (previously 1979 UH) in his honor.