6566 Shafter

6566 Shafter (provisional designation: 1992 UB₂) is a main-belt minor planet. It was discovered by Takeshi Urata at the Nihondaira Observatory in Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan, on October 25, 1992. It is named for Allen Shafter, a professor of astronomy at San Diego State University.

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