Friday, October 22, 2010

Interesting asteroid names

Citation for (88705)
The following citation is from MPC 63174:

(88705) Potato = 2001 SV
The United Nations has declared 2008 the International Year of the
Potato. First domesticated in the Andes, the potato was carried to Europe in
the sixteenth century. Its value lies in its high yield and its almost
perfect balance of nutrition. Many minor planets are believed to be shaped
like potatoes.

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Citation for (32605)
The following citation is from MPC 63173:

(32605) Lucy = 2001 QM213
Lucy is the common name of AL 288-1, the 40-percent-complete
Australopithecus afarensis skeleton discovered on 1974 Nov. 24 by the
International Afar Research Expedition in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar
Depression. Lucy is estimated to have lived 3.2 million years ago.

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