10937 Ferris

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Asteroid 10937 Ferris was discovered August 27, 1998 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search (LONEOS) at the Anderson Mesa station near Flagstaff, Arizona. The asteroid, designated 1998 QW₅₄, is named in honor of William D. Ferris, an astronomy enthusiast who observed with the LONEOS project from 1998 to 2000.

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