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It is with great pleasure that I can announce that the Working Group on Small Body Nomenclature of @IAU_org has decided that asteroid (563318) will henceforth be named:
(563318) ten Kate
After the Dutch @UniUtrecht astrobiologist/planetary scientist Dr @ingeloes ten Kate
It is with great pleasure that I can announce that the Working Group on Small Body Nomenclature of @IAU_org has decided that asteroid (563318) will henceforth be named:
(563318) ten Kate
After the Dutch @UniUtrecht astrobiologist/planetary scientist Dr @ingeloes ten Kate
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The naming citation for (563318) ten Kate was published yesterday in IAU-WGSBN Bulletin vol 1. nr 10, p 7:
wgsbn-iau.org/files/Bulletin…
The naming citation for (563318) ten Kate was published yesterday in IAU-WGSBN Bulletin vol 1. nr 10, p 7:
wgsbn-iau.org/files/Bulletin…
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Dr Inge Loes ten Kate is a well know researcher into the processes that brought carbon to Mars, through Carbonaceous meteorites and their degradation in the Martian environment, with a focus on the potential creation of Martian environments suitable for (simple) life.
Dr Inge Loes ten Kate is a well know researcher into the processes that brought carbon to Mars, through Carbonaceous meteorites and their degradation in the Martian environment, with a focus on the potential creation of Martian environments suitable for (simple) life.
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(563318) ten Kate was discovered on 27 Oct 2014 by Krisztián Sárneczky and me (as object "SaLa101") with the 0.6-meter Schmidt telescope of MPC 461 Piszkéstető Observatory located in the Matra mountains of Hungary.
This is an animated GIF of the discovery images:
(563318) ten Kate was discovered on 27 Oct 2014 by Krisztián Sárneczky and me (as object "SaLa101") with the 0.6-meter Schmidt telescope of MPC 461 Piszkéstető Observatory located in the Matra mountains of Hungary.
This is an animated GIF of the discovery images:
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(563318) ten Kate received the temporary designation 2016 CD144 two years later, and its permanent number (563318) this July (meaning the orbit is well-established enough now that it does not get lost).
We the discoverers then have the privilege to propose a name to the IAU.
(563318) ten Kate received the temporary designation 2016 CD144 two years later, and its permanent number (563318) this July (meaning the orbit is well-established enough now that it does not get lost).
We the discoverers then have the privilege to propose a name to the IAU.
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Asteroid (563318) ten Kate is somewhere between 0.9 and 2.1 km in diameter. It is a Main Belt IIb asteroid orbiting in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. One orbit around the sun takes the asteroid about 4.6 years
Asteroid (563318) ten Kate is somewhere between 0.9 and 2.1 km in diameter. It is a Main Belt IIb asteroid orbiting in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. One orbit around the sun takes the asteroid about 4.6 years
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