Discovery date 23 October 1984 Observation arc 15429 days (42.24 yr) Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Alternative names 1984 UL2 Discovered 23 October 1984 Discovery site Palomar Observatory MPC designation 3700 | |
Discovered by Shoemaker, C. and Shoemaker, E. Aphelion 2.9603820 AU (442.86684 Gm) Perihelion 1.8703846 AU (279.80555 Gm) Discoverers Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Eugene Merle Shoemaker Similar Sun, 3554 Amun, Comet Shoemak, 129P/Shoemaker–Levy, 118P/Shoemaker–Levy | ||
3700 Geowilliams (1984 UL2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 23, 1984 by Shoemaker, C. and Shoemaker, E. at Palomar.
Named in honor of George E. Williams, exploration geologist with Broken Hill Proprietary Co., Ltd. at Adelaide, South Australia. Williams discovered the Lake Acraman impact structure of South Australia, the largest such feature found so far on the Australian continent. He also discovered rhythmically layered sedimentary deposits of Precambrian age that exhibit periods closely matching those of the modern solar cycle.
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