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--(5536) Honeycutt --discovery and notes:
Primary discovered1955 Aug 23from Goethe Link Observatory, Brooklyn, Indiana, USAby Indiana University.Alternate designation(s):1955 QN, 1935 SX, 1955 RC, 1972 QQ, 1979 WA, 1986 VY7, 1989 UA8.Linked to prediscovery observations from 1954 Apr 04.Permanent number assigned 1993 May 06.
Named 2004 Mar 06 for Kent Honeycutt (1940-) [MPC51186].
Companion discovered2016 Sep 13 by V. Benishek, P. Pravec, A. Aznar, A. Marchini, R. Papini, F. Salvaggio, D. Pray, R. Montaigut, and A. Leroyusinglightcurve observations from Sopot Observatory, Serbia; Isaac Aznar Observatory; Astronomical Observatory of the University of Siena; Sugarloaf Mountain Observatory, Massachusetts, USA; OPERA Observatory, France.Announced2016 Oct 01 [B16b].
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