98494 Marsupilami
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98494 Marsupilami is an asteroid
. It was discovered by Jean-Claude Merlin
on October 27, 2000. Its provisional designation was . It is named after the Marsupilami
.
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...
. It was discovered by Jean-Claude Merlin
Jean-Claude Merlin
Jean-Claude Merlin is a French astronomer, founder-president of the Société Astronomique de Bourgogne...
on October 27, 2000. Its provisional designation was . It is named after the Marsupilami
Marsupilami
Marsupilami is a fictional comic book species created by André Franquin, first published on 31 January 1952 in the magazine Spirou. Since then it appeared regularly in the popular Belgian comic book series Spirou et Fantasio until Franquin stopped working on the series in 1968 and the character...
.