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13801 Kohlhase

13801 Kohlhase (1998 VP44) is a main-belt asteroid discovered November 11, 1998 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search at the Anderson Mesa Station This Asteroid belt is named after Charles Kohlhase, a pioneer in the design, development and execution of planetary missions for more than four decades at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Charles Kohlhase

For his sustained robotic exploration contributions over the last 40 years of the 20th century and solid success record, he received the NASA Distinguished Service Medal and has an asteroid (13801 Kohlhase) named in his honor.

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