(2026) Cottrell

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( 2026 ) Cottrell (1955 FF, 1951 EL1; 1972 TE1 ) is an asteroid of the main belt, which on March 30, 1955 at the Goethe Link Observatory as part of the Indiana Asteroid Program, initiated by the American astronomer Frank K. Edmondson was discovered.

The asteroid was named after the American chemist and inventor Frederick Gardner Cottrell ( 1877-1948 ).

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