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Asteroid ten Kate (563318)

Asteroid (563318) = 2016 CD144 is  known as (563318) ten Kate  external link, after planetary scientist and astrobiologist Inge Loes ten Kate  external link(Faculty of Geosciences). The name is a just acknowledgment of the interdisciplinary nature of her scientific activities, which is also evident from her career: from aerospace engineering via astronomy to geosciences/planetary sciences. Asteroid (563318) ten…

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