5256 Farquhar
5256 Farquhar, provisional designation , is a stony Eunomian asteroid from the middle regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 12 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 11 July 1988, by American astronomers Eleanor Helin, Celina Mikolajczak and Robert Coker at the Palomar Observatory in California. The asteroid was later named for American NASA specialist Robert W. Farquhar.
Q3863
asteroid
Concept
Q2179
asteroid belt
Concept
Q58962
Eleanor Helin
PER
Q48995948
Celina Mikolajczak
UNK
Q48995948
Robert Coker
UNK
Q191684
Palomar Observatory
LOC
Q18390766
Robert W. Farquhar
PER
Q155168
5256 Farquhar
CEL
1988-07-11T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
11 July 1988
DATE
+5256^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
5256
NUMBER
+12^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
12
NUMBER
instance of
minor planet group
discoverer or inventor
site of astronomical discovery
time of discovery or invention
named after