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...

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4132 Bartók 4132 Bartók 4132 Bartók is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1365.4261580 days .The asteroid was discovered on March 12, 1988.-References:...	March 12, 1988
4221 Picasso 4221 Picasso 4221 Picasso is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 13, 1988 by Jeff T. Alu at Palomar.- External links :*...	March 13, 1988
5230 Asahina 5230 Asahina 5230 Asahina is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on March 10, 1988 by J. Alu at Palomar.- External links :...	March 10, 1988

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| (6037) 1988 EG

(6037) 1988 EG

1988 EG is an Apollo-type near-Earth minor planet. It was discovered by Jeff T. Alu at the Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California, on March 12, 1988. It is listed as a potentially hazardous object.-External links:*...

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| (6335) 1992 NR  || July 5, 1992
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| (6382) 1988 EL

(6382) 1988 EL

1988 EL is an inner main-belt minor planet. It was discovered by Jeff T. Alu at the Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California, on March 14, 1988.-External links:*...

 || March 14, 1988
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| (6611) 1993 VW

(6611) 1993 VW

1993 VW is an Apollo-type near-Earth minor planet. It was discovered by Eleanor F. Helin and Jeff T. Alu at the Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California, on November 9, 1993.-External links:*...

  || November 9, 1993
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| (9058) 1992 JB

(9058) 1992 JB

1992 JB is an Apollo asteroid. It was discovered by Jeff T. Alu and Kenneth J. Lawrence at the Palomar Observatory in United States on May 1, 1992.-References:...

  || May 1, 1992
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| (10115) 1992 SK

(10115) 1992 SK

1992 SK is a near-Earth minor planet in the Apollo group. It was discovered by Eleanor F. Helin and Jeff T. Alu at the Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California, on September 24, 1992. It is listed as a potentially hazardous object....

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| (10302) 1989 ML

(10302) 1989 ML

1989 ML is an as yet unnamed near-Earth asteroid. It is approximately 0.6 km in diameter. An Amor asteroid, it orbits between Earth and Mars. It is an X-type asteroid, so its surface composition is yet unknown. It was discovered by Eleanor F. Helin and Jeff T...

  || June 29, 1989
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| (11279) 1989 TC  || October 1, 1989
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| (13030) 1989 PF  || August 9, 1989
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| (17511) 1992 QN  || August 29, 1992
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| (27708) 1987 WP  || November 20, 1987
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| (43769) 1988 EK || March 10, 1988
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| || October 10, 1991
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| || October 12, 1991
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| (79186) 1993 QN  || August 20, 1993
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1. with Eleanor F. Helin
   Eleanor F. Helin
   Eleanor Francis "Glo" Helin was an American astronomer. She was principal investigator of the Near Earth Asteroid Tracking program of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Some sources give her name as Eleanor Kay Helin...
   
   
2. with Kenneth J. Lawrence
   Kenneth J. Lawrence
   Kenneth J. Lawrence is an American astronomer.He has discovered numerous asteroids, and also co-discovered periodic comet 152P/Helin-Lawrence. The asteroid 4969 Lawrence is named in his honor.-References:...
   
   

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Jeffrey (Jeff) Thomas Alu is an American musician, photographer, graphic artist, and amateur astronomer.

He has discovered numerous 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...

s. He also co-discovered the periodic comet

Comet

A comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when close enough to the Sun, displays a visible coma and sometimes also a tail. These phenomena are both due to the effects of solar radiation and the solar wind upon the nucleus of the comet...

s 117P/Helin-Roman-Alu

117P/Helin-Roman-Alu

117P/Helin-Roman-Alu, also known as Helin-Roman-Alu 1, is a periodic comet in our solar system.-External links:*...

 and 132P/Helin-Roman-Alu

132P/Helin-Roman-Alu

132P/Helin-Roman-Alu, also known as Helin-Roman-Alu 2, is a periodic comet in our solar system.- External links :*...

. The asteroid 4104 Alu

4104 Alu

4104 Alu is a main belt asteroid discovered on March 5, 1989 by Eleanor F. Helin at Palomar.- External links :*...

was named in his honour.

External links

• Alu's Personal Home Page