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minor planet

Name sometimes given to the larger members of the asteroid belt.



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Upon further evaluation, those reports were forwarded to the Minor Planet Center at Harvard University, and eventually on to the Near-Earth Object Program operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at NASA.
The following citation was published in Minor Planet Circular 65121: (7102) NEILBONE = 1936 NB Discovered on 1936 July 12 by C.
Based on its brightness, the asteroid seems to be between 20 and 50 metres across," said Timothy Spahr of the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center.
 
 
 
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