3537 Jürgen
3537 Jürgen is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1521.9936324 days (4.17 years).[1] It is a member of the Maria family of asteroids.[2]
It is named for Jürgen Rahe (1939-1997), Director for Solar System Exploration in NASA's Office of Space Science.[3]
The asteroid was discovered on November 15, 1982.
References
- ↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
- ↑ Alvarez-Candal, Alvaro; et al. (December 2004), "Rotational lightcurves of asteroids belonging to families", Icarus 172 (2): 388–401, Bibcode:2004Icar..172..388A, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2004.06.008.
- ↑ "Jurgen Rahe Obituary". American Astronomical Society. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
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