FALERA, Switzerland - A Swiss amateur astronomer claimedWednesday that he has discovered two new asteroids among thehundreds of thousands between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
The asteroids identified by Jose De Queiroz have a diameter ofbetween 1 kilometer and 2 kilometers, said a statement Mirasteilasobservatory, which he runs.
The Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Unionin Cambridge, Massachusetts, confirmed that the previouslyunrecorded asteroids were spotted by De Queiroz and registered inMarch as 2009FM1 and …
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