(5049) Sherlock

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( 5049 ) Sherlock is an asteroid of the main belt, which was discovered on November 2, 1981 by the American astronomer Edward LG Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station (IAU code 688 ) of the Lowell Observatory in Coconino County.

The asteroid was named after Sherlock Holmes, the famous detective from the stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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