9555 Frejakocha
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9555 Frejakocha is a main-belt
minor planet
. It was discovered at the Brorfelde Observatory
near Holbæk
, Denmark, on April 2, 1986. It is named after Freja Koch Augustesen, a granddaughter of one of the discoverers.
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 Brorfelde Observatory
Brorfelde Observatory
Brorfelde Observatory is an astronomical observatory home to the Brorfelde Schmidt Telescope. It was run as a branch of the Copenhagen University Observatory until 1996. It still has telescopes that are used by University of Copenhagen students, but the staff that manned them moved to the...
near Holbæk
Holbæk
Holbæk is a town in Denmark and the seat of Holbæk municipality with a population of 27,055 . The city is located in the northeastern part of Region Sjælland, Denmark....
, Denmark, on April 2, 1986. It is named after Freja Koch Augustesen, a granddaughter of one of the discoverers.