1040 Klumpkea
| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by | Benjamin Jekhowsky[1] |
| Discovery date | January 20, 1925[1] |
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| MPC designation | 1040 Klumpkea[1] |
| 1925 BD[1] | |
| Main-belt asteroid | |
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1040 Klumpkea is an asteroid. It was discovered by Russian-French astronomer Benjamin Jekhowsky on January 20, 1925. Its provisional designation was 1925 BD. It was named after Dorothea Klumpke Roberts.[1] It is the parent body of the small Klumpkea family of asteroids.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Schmadel, Lutz (1992). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names 1. Berlin: Springer Verlag. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 2001-01-14.
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