3873 Roddy
3873 Roddy, provisional designation , is a stony Hungarian asteroid, Mars-crosser and suspected binary system, from the innermost regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 21 November 1984, by American astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory in California, United States. It was named after American astrogeologist David Roddy.
Q3863
asteroid
Concept
Q777140
Mars-crosser
UNK
Q947662
binary system
DIS
Q2179
asteroid belt
Concept
Q231618
Carolyn Shoemaker
PER
Q191684
Palomar Observatory
LOC
None
David Roddy
UNK
Q639165
3873 Roddy
CEL
1984-11-21T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
21 November 1984
DATE
+3873^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
3873
NUMBER
+7^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
7
NUMBER
instance of
minor planet group
minor planet group
discoverer or inventor
site of astronomical discovery
time of discovery or invention