(5050) Doctorwatson

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( 5050 ) Doctor Watson is an asteroid of the main belt, which was discovered on 14 September 1983 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 the character of Dr. John H. Watson, the friend and constant companion of Sherlock Holmes in the novels of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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