Discovery date 9 October 1980 Alternative names 1980 TS3 Discovered 9 October 1980 Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | MPC designation 24626 Observation arc 12644 days (34.62 yr) Inclination 8.205142° Discovery site Palomar Observatory | |
Discovered by C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker Aphelion 3.5598252 AU (532.54227 Gm) Discoverers Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Eugene Merle Shoemaker Similar Sun, 3554 Amun, Comet Shoemak, 129P/Shoemaker–Levy, 118P/Shoemaker–Levy | ||
24626 Astrowizard (1980 TS3) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 9, 1980 by C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory.
Name honors David V. Rodrigues (b. 1952) for educational outreach on astronomy to the public and school children, particularly by his wearing of a wizard outfit. Rodrigues is an astronomical lecturer at the Morrison Planetarium at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. He also serves as the program director of the East Bay Astronomical Society which meets at the Chabot Space & Science Center (Chabot Observatory).
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