Discovery date 12 October 1985 Alternative names 1985 TD3; 1991 VR4 Observation arc 11141 days (30.50 yr) Orbits Sun | Minor planet category Main Belt Discovered 12 October 1985 Named after Laupheim Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Discovered by Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Eugene Shoemaker Discoverers Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Eugene Merle Shoemaker Similar Sun, 3554 Amun, Comet Shoemak, 129P/Shoemaker–Levy, 118P/Shoemaker–Levy | ||
7167 Laupheim is a main-belt asteroid which was discovered in 1985 at the Palomar Observatory by Carolyn S. Shoemaker and Eugene Shoemaker.
After visiting the public observatory in Laupheim, southern Germany, in 1998, Carolyn Shoemaker was so impressed with the work done at this institution that 1985 TD3 was named Laupheim on 4 May 1999, in honor of Robert Clausen and his team. Clausen founded an association of amateur astronomers in 1975 which organized traveling astronomical exhibitions and numerous international astrofests. Since 1990 Clausen and his coworkers have also been running a Zeiss planetarium and observatory.
References
7167 Laupheim Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA