2104 Toronto
2104 Toronto, provisional designation , is a metallic background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 36 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 15 August 1963, by Karl Kamper at the David Dunlap Observatory on plates taken by Sidney van den Bergh at the Karl Schwarzschild Observatory in Tautenburg, Germany. The asteroid was named after the University of Toronto. It was the first asteroid discovered at an observatory in Canada.
Q3863
asteroid
Concept
Q2179
asteroid belt
Concept
Q48995948
Karl Kamper
UNK
Q531487
David Dunlap Observatory
LOC
Q1354016
Sidney van den Bergh
PER
Q646078
Karl Schwarzschild Observatory
ORG
Q180865
University of Toronto
LOC
Q389974
2104 Toronto
CEL
1963-08-15T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
15 August 1963
DATE
+2104^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
2104
NUMBER
+36^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
36
NUMBER
instance of
minor planet group
site of astronomical discovery
time of discovery or invention
named after