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951 Gaspra

Asteroids and Minor Planets

951 Gaspra is an S-type asteroid orbiting very close to the inner edge of the main asteroid belt, discovered in 1916 by the Russian astronomer Grigory Neujmin, who named it after Gaspra, a Black Sea retreat visited by contemporaries of his such as the writers Maxim Gorky and Leo Tolstoy.

Facts
Classification
Catalogue
Other or Uncatalogued 1
Discovery Year
1916 1
Sources
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation
Wikidata: 951 Gaspra
Wikidata Q158244, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Wikipedia: 951 Gaspra
Wikimedia Foundation
  • 951 Gaspra, Wikipedia - lead section, catalogue classification
    951 Gaspra is an S-type asteroid that orbits very close to the inner edge of the asteroid belt.
  • In Group: Main-Belt Asteroids, Lead sentence
    951 Gaspra is an S-type asteroid that orbits very close to the inner edge of the asteroid belt.
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