(1940) Whipple

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(1940 ) Whipple is one of the main asteroid belt, which on February 2, 1975 by astronomers at the Harvard College Observatory ( IAU code 801) was discovered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The asteroid is named after the U.S. American astronomer Fred Whipple (1906-2004), who laid his Tätigketsschwerpunkt to the study of comets and therefore also known as " Dr. Comet " was called.

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