Yiwu

(2000 CP98 )
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NOW @ 16 PIS 18
FOUND @ 22 LEO 22
 
Inclination: 0.781
Eccentricity: 0.194
Period: 3.766 years
AU 2.421
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

8.2.2000 07:29 Kitt Peak 111w36 31n57 observations 1


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Yiwu, with a population of 20~000, is a small county within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwest China. It was the prime location chosen by many shadow chasers from all over the world to witness the total solar eclipse on 2008 Aug. 1. These included W. K. Y. Young, who suggested the name for this object.


Avastatud: 8-2-2000 Avastamiskoht: Kitt Peak Avastajad: Spacewatch

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