4923 Clarke

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name=4923 Clarke
discoverer=Schelte J. Bus
discovered=March 2, 1981
alt_names=mp|1981 EO|27
mp_category=Main belt
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4923 Clarke is an asteroid. It was discovered on March 2, 1981 by Schelte J. Bus who also discovered 5020 Asimov on the same day. It orbits within the main asteroid belt.

The asteroid is named after the science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, author of '. In the postscript to his novel ', Clarke jokingly expresses disappointment that he did not receive asteroid 2001 as his namesake (that honour went to a certain A. Einstein...).