(2873) Binzel

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( 2873 ) Binzel is an asteroid of the main belt, which was discovered in Coconino County on 28 March 1982 by the American astronomer Edward LG Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station ( observatory code 688 ) of the Lowell Observatory.

The asteroid is named after the American astronomer and professor of planetary science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Richard P. Binzel (born 1958 ) named the 1995 presented the first draft of the Turin scale.

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