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4175 Billbaum

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Discovered by
  
Ted Bowell

Alternative names
  
1985 GX

Discovered
  
15 April 1985

Discoverer
  
Edward L. G. Bowell

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Discovery date
  
15 April 1985

Observation arc
  
23598 days (64.61 yr)

Orbits
  
Sun

Discovery site
  
Anderson Mesa Station

MPC designation
  
4175

Aphelion
  
3.1842982 AU (476.36423 Gm)

Perihelion
  
2.1833301 AU (326.62153 Gm)

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4175 Billbaum (1985 GX) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 15, 1985 by Ted Bowell at Flagstaff. It is named for William A. Baum. Baum worked at Lowell Observatory (Directorship of Planetary Research Center) as well as on the Hubble Space Telescope.

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4175 Billbaum Wikipedia