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2602 Moore is a small main beltasteroid. It was discovered in 1982 by E. Bowell. It is named after Patrick Moore, the TV astronomer. Image of the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. ... Jump to: navigation, search An asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Asteroids discovered: 571 2246 Bowell December 14, 1979 2264 Sabrina December 16, 1979 2270 Yazhi March 14, 1980 2316 Jo-Ann September 2, 1980 2356 Hirons October 17, 1979 2357 Phereclos January 1, 1981 2383 Bradley April 5, 1981 2409 Chapman October 17, 1979 2410 Morrison January 3, 1981 2411... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about Patrick Moore, the astronomer. ...
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Moore was born in Pinner in Middlesex, and grew up in Sussex, where he was educated at home because of poor health.
From 1965 to 1968 Patrick Moore was the Director of the Armagh Planetarium.
Moore received the Jackson-Gwilt Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1977, and the Klumpke-Roberts Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific in 1978.
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