Discovery date 15 May 1982 Named after John Bauer Observation arc 21821 days (59.74 yr) Inclination 13.530072° Discovery site Palomar Observatory | MPC designation 4525 Alternative names 1982 JB3 Discovered 15 May 1982 Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Discovered by Eugene Shoemaker, P. D. Wilder and Eleanor Helin Discoverers Peter D. Wilder, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, Eleanor F. Helin Similar 4015 Wilson–Harrington, Sun, 3554 Amun, Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, 129P/Shoemaker–Levy | ||
4525 Johnbauer (1982 JB3) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 15, 1982 by Eugene Shoemaker, P. D. Wilder and Eleanor Helin at Palomar. It is named after John Bauer (1931–2002), who taught Astronomy and Physics at San Diego City College (1962 - 2002) for almost 40 years.
References
4525 Johnbauer Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA