Discovered by E. Bowell MPC designation 3169 Ostro Minor planet category main-belt (inner) Discovered 4 June 1981 Discoverer Edward L. G. Bowell Discovery site Anderson Mesa Station | Discovery date 4 June 1981 Alternative names 1981 LA Observation arc 22662 days (62.05 yr) Orbits Sun Named after Steven J. Ostro Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
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Similar Asteroid belt, Solar System, 317 Roxane, Sun, 3103 Eger | ||
3169 Ostro, provisionally known as 1981 LA, is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on June 4, 1981 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff (AM). It is named in honor of American planetary scientist Steven J. Ostro at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology.
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