Spacewatch is a project at the University of Arizona that specializes in the study of minor planets, including various types of asteroids and comets. The University of Arizona (also referred to as UA, U of A, or Arizona) is a Land-grant and space-grant public institution Minor planet is a term used since the 19th century to describe objects such as Asteroids that are in Orbit around the Sun but are not Planets Asteroids, sometimes called Minor planets or planetoids', are bodies—primarily of the inner Solar System —that are smaller than planets but A comet is a small Solar System body that orbits the Sun and when close enough to the Sun exhibits a visible coma (atmosphere or a tail —
The project leader is Dr. Robert S. McMillan. Robert S McMillan is an Astronomer at the University of Arizona, and heads the Spacewatch project which studies Minor planets He has made
Spacewatch discovered a moon of Jupiter, now named Callirrhoe, which was originally mistaken for an asteroid. A natural satellite or moon is a Celestial body that Orbits a Planet or smaller body which is called the primary. Callirrhoe ( kə-LIRR-oh-ee or as in Greek Καλλιρρόη also known as Jupiter XVII, is one of Jupiter 's outermost named
Other notable discoveries include 60558 Echeclus, 5145 Pholus, 20000 Varuna, 1998 KY26, (35396) 1997 XF11 and (48639) 1995 TL8. 60558 Echeclus (ɪˈkɛkləs e-kek'-ləs from Έχεκλος) is a centaur in the outer Solar system. TemplateInfobox Planet. --> 5145 Pholus (ˈfoʊləs foe'-ləs from Φόλος) is a This article is about 20000 Varuna, a minor planet For other uses of the word see Varuna (disambiguation 20000 Varuna ( The Asteroid (also written 1998 KY26) was discovered on June 2, 1998 by Spacewatch and observed until June 8 while it The project also recovered 719 Albert (a long-lost asteroid), and found the periodic comet 125P/Spacewatch. TemplateInfobox Planet. --> 719 Albert is a Mars-crossing, Amor asteroid; it was the A comet is a small Solar System body that orbits the Sun and when close enough to the Sun exhibits a visible coma (atmosphere or a tail —
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