3553 Mera, provisional designation , is an
Amor asteroid
The Amor asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after the archetype object 1221 Amor . The orbital perihelion of these objects is close to, but greater than, the orbital aphelion of Earth (i.e., the objects do not cross Earth's orbit ...
discovered on May 14, 1985, by
C. Shoemaker
Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker (June 24, 1929 – August 13, 2021) was an American astronomer and a co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9. She discovered 32 comets (then a record for the most by an individual) and more than 500 ast ...
at
Palomar
Palomar may refer to:
Places
* Any of several locations in San Diego County, California:
** Palomar Mountain
*** Palomar Mountain, California, an unincorporated community
** Palomar College in San Marcos, California
*** Palomar College Transit Ce ...
. It was named for Maera, a daughter of
Praetus.
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Discoveries by Carolyn S. Shoemaker
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Named minor planets
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