(20037) Duke [1.88, 0.12, 22.5]

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34361-5_1634

1992 UW4 Discovered 1992 Oct. 20 by C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker at Palomar. (*MPO 7709)

Michael B. Duke (1935– ) is a scholar of distinction on lunar, Mars and meteorite research, with a broad perspective and knowledge of the history of space exploration. Curator of the lunar samples returned from the moon, he moved on to become chief of the Lunar and Planetary Sciences Division of the Johnson Spacecraft Center. (M 48395)

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