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S-type asteroids (SMASS) | HearLore
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S-type asteroids (SMASS)
243 IdaAustrian astronomer Johann Palisa spotted 243 Ida on the 29th of September 1884 from his post at Vienna Observatory. This marked his forty-fifth asteroid…
951 GaspraRussian astronomer G. N. Neujmin spotted 951 Gaspra in the year 1916. He chose a name that honored a specific place on Earth rather than a mythological…
433 ErosOn the 13th of August 1898, Carl Gustav Witt stood at the Berlin Urania Observatory. He was taking a two-hour exposure of beta Aquarii to secure astrometric…