2685 Masursky
2685 Masursky, provisional designation , is a stony Eunomian asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 3 May 1981, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station near Flagstaff, Arizona, and named after American planetary geologist Harold Masursky. In January 2000, the Cassini space probe observed the S-type asteroid from afar during its coast to Saturn.
Q3863
asteroid
Concept
Q2179
asteroid belt
Concept
Q358274
Edward Bowell
PER
Q2446595
Anderson Mesa Station
LOC
Q325201
Harold Masursky
PER
Q165585
Cassini space probe
MISC
Q543157
S-type asteroid
Concept
Q149960
2685 Masursky
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1981-05-03T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
3 May 1981
DATE
2000-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
January 2000
DATE
+2685^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
2685
NUMBER
instance of
minor planet group
discoverer or inventor
site of astronomical discovery
named after
time of discovery or invention